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Politicians Use Copyright to Silence Media December 14, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic Swedish politician Kent Ekeroth, of the nationalist Sweden Democrats, is now using copyright as a means of silencing a critical newspaper. Pirate Party of Brazil is Officially Registered; Nearly Ready to Set Sail December 13, 2013 · by Ariel Martins · in Pirate Party News Great news from the Americas: the Brazilian Pirate Party has been officially registered by a notary public. The process, concluded on last Tuesday 10 December 2013, represents the end of the second phase, of the four required for party formalization in Brazil. Smaller Asteroids a Bigger Threat Than …

Arrr, it Was a Real Pirate Year! (2013 in Review) December 30, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Inside Pirate Times The year 2013 in review (Part 1) 2013 was a very good year for the pirate movement. During the past year the Pirate Movement experienced many historic events. The first three national Pirate MPs were elected (in the parliament of Iceland), the first two Pirates councilors (in… Become a Pirate Times Contributor December 27, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Inside Pirate Times In our short existence the Pirate Times has had a large turnover in staff. This is mainly due to the fact that a lot of our writers, editors and use the …

Running Report from PPDE GA in Bremen November 29, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly We will be bringing you updates from the German Pirate Party’s Second General Assembly in Bremen 30 November – 1 December 2013.  Check back regularly to find out who has been elected to what post and what policies and motions… Next German Federal Congress In Bremen November 28, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly On the weekend of 30 November – 1 December 2013 the Pirate Party of Germany will be holding its second general assembly of the year in the Hanseatic city state of Bremen. This follows on …

Hungary on the way towards Orwell’s 1984? October 30, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Topic During the past few months the world has been focused on NSA snooping as well as the drama that surrounded Edward Snowden. This has caused some things, smaller in scope but equally vital for the privacy of people, to pass… European Pirates: A Common Programme for European Elections October 29, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News European Pirates are building the foundations of a pioneering movement, one that is unique in history, by compiling a common political agenda that links pirate ideology to real life. After the manifesto …

Pirates Fighting Estonian Municipal Elections October 13, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election Municipal elections in Estonia started already on 10 October 2013 using e-voting and will culminate on 20 October with traditional paper ballots and the Estonian Pirate Party is taking part. Ten Pirate candidates are running in election coalitions and one Pirate is… Record Labels = $4.5 Billion / Pirates = $0. Not True At All October 12, 2013 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Editorial Opinion The debate of piracy can be a fairly complex topic. With numerous actors and issues involved, arguments can quite easily obscure the truth in favor of fallacies and simplifications. Elections in …

PP Norway got 0.3% in National Election and 750.000+ Euros September 19, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News For a political party that is only a year old getting 0.3% in their first election is a good result. The Pirate Party of Norway managed to get 9.868 votes of the total 2.848.986 votes resulting in 0.3%. PPNO are pleased… Swedish Pirate Party Plans Convention to Prepare for EU Elections September 18, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The year 2014 is the year of elections for the European Union. The Swedish Pirate Party is now planning on how to keep their two …

Solving Democracy Through Technology: Introducing Wasa2il September 29, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic Pirates have been designing policies and software that have the aim of bringing citizen participation into politics using technology and the internet as a platform. Many Pirate Parties are implementing liquid feedback systems internally such as PPDE which uses it as a sort of running straw-poll of membership opinion or PPIT which scrapped its boar in favour of letting its membership make decisions via liquid feedback. Liquid feedback is not without its critics and there are plenty of Pirate Programmers out there working on developing improved models. Spanish MP Gave Power to the …

Swedish Pirates Want to Send Minister of Justice to Mars August 29, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The Young Pirates of Sweden has nominated the Swedish Minister of Justice, Beatrice Ask, to the Mars One project. They now hope that she will accept the nomination and leave Earth and politics behind her. The not-for-profit organisation Mars One… Copyright Preventing Public Statue from Appearing in Media August 28, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic One of the most famous symbols for Denmark is the Little Mermaid statue outside of Copenhagen. The statue turned 100 years old last Friday but was hardly mentioned …

Flattr Appreciation During July Euro 7.75 August 11, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In July we had 24 things flattred by 10 unique users. In total we were flattred 35 times last month and received Euro 7.75 in support for our work. This is the lowest amount so far but July has also… Young Pirates of Europe Has Been Founded August 9, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference Today the international organization Young Pirates of Europe (YPE) was founded by its eight founding members: the Young Pirates of Sweden, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Flanders, Norway and Belarus. The reason a European organization …