Global Internet Surveillance – all for the protection of copyright? January 10, 2013 · by Dominic Guhl · in Pirate Topic In December, the ITU “World Conference on International Telecommunications” was held in Dubai. The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, having over 190 states as members. Numerous controversial proposals find their way onto its desk. Due to pressure […]
Icelandic Authorities Blocking PiratePad as “Hate-Speech” January 5, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The Icelandic Pirate Party has confirmed their suspicions that the Reykjavik City authorities are blocking access to one of the party’s collaboration platforms, namely PiratePad. Different versions of PiratePad are being used by several other Pirate Parties around the world. The city of Reykjavik uses content filtering software […]
Happy Public Domain Day! January 5, 2013 · by Koen De Voegt · in Pirate Topic On the first of January, the beginning of the new year is not the only thing to celebrate. The first of January is also known as “Public Domain Day“. Due to the expiration of copyright protection terms on works produced by authors who died several decades earlier, thousands of […]
The Pirate World 2012 January 24, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News EDIT: this information is out-dated and kept for historical reasons. Some changes have been made. The interactive map is accurate though. CC BY Pirate Times This is a summary of the Pirate Movement as it was at the end of 2012. Latest count on Pirate Parties in the […]
Pirates are Implementing the Experience of Human Knowledge December 30, 2012 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Topic The English “Pirate” is derived from the Greek word “πειρατής” (peiratēs) and this in turn from the verb “πειράομαι” (peiráomai), “I attempt”, which is a derivative of the noun “πείρα” (peîra), “experience”. Pirate indicates the investigator, the tester, is a key word for humanity and characterizes […]
Restructuring the Belgian Pirate Party December 27, 2012 · by Koen De Voegt · in General Assembly On Saturday 22 December 2012 members of the Belgian Pirate Party met up for an extraordinary general assembly (EGA). This gathering was held in the Wallonian student city of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve. This location was a symbolic choice, during the communal elections of 14 October the party reached 5.16%, its […]
Pirate Party Norway has 5000 Signatures, Parliament Next Step December 19, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News On Sunday 16 December 2012 the Pirate Party of Norway managed to reach the 5000 signatures, the amount required to form a political party in Norway. Their next goal is to enter the Norwegian Parliament during the 2013 elections. As we wrote earlier […]
Pirate Party Charges Banks for WikiLeaks Boycott December 18, 2012 · by Dominic Guhl · in Pirate Party News, Pirate Topic The Swedish Pirate Party is pressing charges against banks in Sweden for presumed acts of discrimination against WikiLeaks. The WikiLeaks organisation has been declined receiving donations by several payment providers since 2010. In 2010, donations to WikiLeaks have been blocked by several financial institutes, […]
Swedish Young Pirates Confer on Mental Health and Labour Politics December 16, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Conference In mid-November 2012, around fifty Young Pirates came to the Swedish town of Norrköping for a two-day political conference with focus on mental health and labour market politics. Labour politics discussion, Young Pirates president Gustav Nipe speaking. CC BY-NC-SA Jonathan Rieder Lundkvist. The youth organization […]
Slovenia: Protests against corrupt politicians continue December 15, 2012 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Topic We have already reported about unrests in Slovenia (Corruption and Lack of Transparency Led to Unrest in Slovenia) and the corrupt practices of Franc Kangler, mayor of city of Maribor. The good news is that the mayor has announced his resignation and that protests against corruption have spread […]
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