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Rachael Tackett February 27, 2015 October 19, 2020

Governments Covertly Fund Internet Freedom Activists February 27, 2015 · by Rachael Tackett · in Pirate Topic In September of 2012, a nonprofit from the Netherlands, Hivos, announced that it was launching a new fund called the Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP). The governments of the Netherlands, US, and UK created this new fund to “promote, secure, and advance human rights online.” Although the Digital Defenders Partnership is public, many of its contracts remain secret. The governments of the US, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Czech Republic help finance the Digital Defenders Partnership, which is managed by a nonprofit called Hivos. A document detailing the Digital Defenders Partnership’s grant-making procedures states, “DDP …

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PPUK Bids Farewell to PPI [Guest Post] | PirateTimes

Guest Author February 26, 2015 October 19, 2020

PPUK Bids Farewell to PPI [Guest Post] February 26, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Europe, Pirate Party News This post is a guest post from Andy Halsall, Chief of Staff for the Pirate Party UK’s Leaders Office. So long and thanks for all the fish. The rumour is true. No, not that I’m joining Facebook (a dastardly lie!), but the other one, alluded in Andrew Reitemeyer’s piece about Parties leaving PPI. As briefly mentioned there the Pirate Party UK has, indeed, left PPI. That is, that the party has sent the PPI board the requisite registered dead-tree letter… I’ve also spoken to Thomas Gaul and I know others have been …

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Pirate Visions: Dreaming of Pirate Cooperation | PirateTimes

Guest Author February 26, 2015 October 19, 2020

[Pirate Visions] The Dream of True International Pirate Cooperation February 26, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Pirate Topics, Pirate Visions The future pirate movement needs more exchanges of ideas and material. Rok Andrée is a Slovenian pirate who has been involved in the international movement a long time and he sees a need for it to change. These articles are part of the weekly series ‘Pirate Visions’ from different prominent international pirates. We asked them to write as individuals and not in their official capacities in their party or organisation. We hope you would like to join us in discussing the future direction for pirates internationally by commenting on this article, …

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Online GA Back On As Parties Leave PPI | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer February 23, 2015 March 6, 2021

Online GA back on as Parties Leave PPI [Poll] February 23, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In the followup to the events that led to the Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) leaving Pirate Parties International (PPI), the online GA, that the PPI board voted down, is now on again with an new agenda. Gone are the calls for reform to the structure and the statutes which PPAU proposed. These were withdrawn by PPAU as it resigned from PPI. These points have been replaced with a single named item; the ability of PPI to raise fees from the membership. However motions are still open and it …

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Hollywood Director Promotes Oscar Nominated Film with Torrent Download | PirateTimes

Lisa February 20, 2015 April 23, 2021

Hollywood Director Promotes Oscar Nominated Film with Torrent Download February 20, 2015 · by Lisa · in Editorial Opinion, Pirate Topic In 2002, a short film named Johnny Flynton was released. One of the comments on its IMDB page, titled ‘someone please distribute this film’ reads: “I was blown away. The performances, the cinematography, the writing were all great.” — Author: Brad H. Johnny Flynton was written and directed by Lexi Alexander, a German-born Hollwyood film director. Alexander is well known for her later films Green Street Hooligans and Punisher: War Zone, as well as her controversial stance on intellectual property. In 1993, at the age of 19, she became …

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The Australian Pirates Leave PPI | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer February 15, 2015 March 6, 2021

The Australian Pirates Leave PPI February 15, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of Australia has been unhappy with the structure functioning of Pirate Parties International for some time and after the PPAU membership gave their board the power to potentially leave international organisation at their last national conference. After making proposals to change the organisation’s statutes and to hold an extraordinary online GA before the scheduled GA that will be held in Warsaw in the first weekend of July. At first the PPI board agreed to holding an online GA to be held on the 14th of March. However in a board …

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Pirate Security Conference Held In Munich | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer February 15, 2015 March 6, 2021

Pirate Security Conference Held in Munich February 12, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Europe, Pirate Party News On Saturday, 24 January 2015 the German Pirates held a conference on international security. You might wonder why Pirates should be interested in Security. The fact is that most of our rights are being degraded in the name of increased security. The speeches and discussions have been recorded and uploaded to youtube. The full list can be found on the conference program including some in German for the benefit of the German press. We have selected some to present here to give you an idea of what was being discussed. Enno …

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Jerry Weyer: From Activists to Politicians [Pirate Visions] | PirateTimes

admin February 9, 2015 October 19, 2020

Jerry Weyer: From Activists to Politicians [Pirate Visions] February 19, 2015 · by Jerry Weyer · in Pirate Visions Jerry Weyer points out that Pirates need to embrace their inner politician as they move from activism into politics. These articles are part of the weekly series ‘Pirate Visions’ from different prominent international pirates. We asked them to write as individuals and not in their official capacities in their party or organisation. We hope you would like to join us in discussing the future direction for pirates internationally by commenting on this article, sharing it and reflecting upon what the author is saying.—— Many Pirates don’t like the word “politician” – …

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Internet Freedom Weekend – Glenn Greenwald to Sweden | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine February 7, 2015 March 6, 2021

Internet Freedom Weekend – Glenn Greenwald to Sweden February 7, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic The first ever Internet Freedom Weekend is a three day event taking place in Gothenburg 5-7 March 2015. The event will focus mainly on ‘Internet Freedom’ but also discuss the related topics of ‘Making & Sharing’ and ‘Internet Activism’. The first two days will be part of the larger conference called ‘Media Days Gothenburg (MEG15)’. The conference is a Nordic meeting point for politicians, media gurus, twitterati, listeners, viewers and journalists. This year MEG15 will have freedom of speech as one of their main topics and the Swedish Pirate Party …

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Rachael Tackett February 3, 2015 October 19, 2020

New Snowden Documentary Censored Online February 3, 2015 · by Rachael Tackett · in Pirate Topic In January, a leaked copy of the film Citizenfour was posted online. Citizenfour details how Edward Snowden leaked NSA documents, which revealed a massive government surveillance program. Soon after the film appeared online, copies of the film started to disappear… PPI Takes Help from PPAU to Arrange Online GA January 12, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Parties International (PPI) Board and Pirate Party Australia (PPAU) will cooperate to conduct an online General Assembly meeting on (or before) 15 March 2015, according to minutes of the most recent PPI …