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Global Internet Surveillance – all for the protection of copyright? | PirateTimes

Dominic Guhl January 10, 2013 October 19, 2020

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 from some states, the ITU proposed to decree Deep Packet Inspection for enabling the prosecution of copyright violations and to strengthen copyright itself. Thus, an effective tool for internet censorship would be crafted. The non-public draft of standard Y.2770 (Requirements for Deep Packet Inspection in …

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Icelandic Authorities Blocking PiratePad as “Hate-Speech” | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer January 5, 2013 March 6, 2021

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 managed by the software giant Microsoft who have labelled PiratePad under the categories “hate-speech” and “computer crimes”. Libraries and schools are among the current institutions blocking access to PiratePad in Iceland. PPIS member Bjartur Thorlacius said: “This is just what we have noticed since before the recent …

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Happy Public Domain Day! | PirateTimes

Koen De Voegt January 5, 2013 October 19, 2020

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 works enter the public domain on this date. Although we Pirates think the current terms of copyright protection are exuberant, it’s still worth taking a look a some of these old works that now become a freely available part of our shared world heritage. Some …

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The Pirate Party World 2012, countries with Pirate Parties | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine January 1, 2013 October 19, 2020

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 world during 2012 = 63 Pirate Parties (registered 22, active 24, low activity 14, conflicting parties 3). The Pirate Movement is growing. This world map was created at the end of 2012 to give an overview on the pirate movement. As can be seen from …

Creator News Pirate Topic Stathis Leivaditis

Pirates are Practicing the Experiment of Human Knowledge | PirateTimes

Stathis Leivaditis December 30, 2012 October 19, 2020

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 our species. Basically, we are all pirates, that’s what we do every day, we try for something new at all levels and thus we become more experienced. Everyday we attempt to do various things, make new friends, try new things, like a new haircut, new clothes, …

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Restructuring the Belgian Pirate Party | PirateTimes

Koen De Voegt December 27, 2012 October 19, 2020

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 best result ever. Only 14 votes shy of our first city councillor. The goal of this meeting was to expand the structure of the party. Since it’s founding in 2009, the Belgian Pirate Party only functioned on the basis of some simple principles. The strong …

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Pirate Party Norway has 5000 Signatures Next Step Parliament | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine December 19, 2012 October 19, 2020

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 PPNO had their start-up meeting in June which was attended by 17 persons. They faced the challenge of organizing themselves and gathering 5000 signatures before the end of the year to start a political party. Today, 18 December 2012, they have gathered 5255 signatures and …

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Pirate Party Charges Banks for WikiLeaks Boycott | PirateTimes

Dominic Guhl December 18, 2012 October 19, 2020

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, including Visa, MasterCard, PayPal – and Swedish banks. The latter have been pressed charges on, by the Swedish Pirate Party with the Finansinspektionen (the local authority of financial supervision). An earlier initiative by the Pirate Party suggested regulations on credit card corporations on EU-wide level to …

Anton Nordenfur Conference News

Young Pirates Confer on Mental Health and Labour Politics | PirateTimes

Anton Nordenfur December 16, 2012 April 23, 2021

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 Young Pirates Sweden annually arranges a political conference for its members, and in the past two years it has been held in the Louis de Geer conference hall in Norrköping in East Sweden. This year’s conference saw two themes: mental health, and labour market politics. …

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Slovenia: Protests against corrupt politicians continue | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija December 15, 2012 October 19, 2020

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 all over Slovenia. There had already been a few protests in the capital Ljubljana (30 November and 3 December) and in some other Slovenian towns. The demands from the people are more or less the same everywhere: they either want their local politicians to resign …