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Creator Michael Wartenbe News Pirate Topic

Digital Goods as a Public Good | PirateTimes

Digital Goods as a Public Good August 26, 2013 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic The Pirate Parties have an obvious lineage from The Pirate Bay and other forms of digital piracy, but bootlegging and sharing of media has been going on for decades. What is it then that has changed with the advent of digital media? Why has the concern of piracy become a political one? The answer lies in media digitization, and thus transformation, into a public good. A public good is commonly defined as one that is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous. The importance of digital goods is media becoming non-rivalrous—meaning one person’s use of the …

Creator Michael Wartenbe News Pirate Topic

What is the TPP? (The Big Brother of ACTA Explained) | PirateTimes

What is the TPP? (The Big Brother of ACTA Explained) August 23, 2013 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic Currently under negotiations is an expansion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership, a Pacific orientated trade agreement composed of Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore. Eight additional prospectives have joined negotiations for membership, which would expand the agreement to Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the United States, Vietnam, and possibly Japan. As suggested by proponents, once finished the Trans-pacific Partnership (TPP) will have implemented liberalized economic and trade policies throughout the Pacific coastal members. As with all trade-blocs, however, there are grave concerns over democracy, transparency, and privacy, with …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator Iceland News Pirate Topic

Iceland’s Parliament Viewer, Keeping Track of Politicians | PirateTimes

Iceland’s Parliament Viewer, Keeping Track of Politicians August 22, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic In the run up to the national election in Iceland one of the comments about the Pirate Party was that they were keeping their electoral promises before the elections had taken place. One of the reasons for this was the development of the Online Parliament Viewer or Alþingisrýnirinn, which is in line with the Pirate’s call for increased transparency The Online Parliament Viewer sources data from publicly available records and presents them in a way that is easy to understand. It shows how MPs have voted on a single bill or on …

Creator Luka Dujmovic News Pirate Topic

Luka Dujmovic | | PirateTimes

Privatisation of Security and the Loss of Liberty June 19, 2013 · by Luka Dujmovic · in Pirate Topic In the last few days several people have given their view about the mass-spying scandal revealed by whistle-blower and former ‘Booz Allen Hamilton’ employee Edward Snowden. Although his true motive can be questioned, the fact is that Snowden’s actions revealed the existence of a… About Luka Dujmovic I’m a supporter of the Pirate, Open Source and Open Government movements, I hold a bachelor and master degree in political science and in 2012 I’ve written and defended a thesis called “Open source democracy – the internet, social networks and representative democracy”. Also my main research interests …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator News Pirate Topic

Happy Birthday was Stolen From Us | PirateTimes

Happy Birthday was Stolen From Us June 16, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic According to Boingboing.net a film production company “Good Morning To You Productions Corp” is suing Warner/Chappell Music for charging copyright on the most sung song in the world – “Happy Birthday to You”. Based on work by Robert Brauneis showing that the song has most probably been in the public domain for decades and that the fees have been improperly collected, the action is going to be one of the most interesting cases in recent history. Typical of the tactics used by the copyright industry, Warner/Chappell demanded a fee of $1,500 from the company with the …

Creator Josef Ohlsson Collentine News Pirate Topic

International Projects in e-Government and Digital Cooperation | PirateTimes

International Projects in e-Government and Digital Cooperation May 24, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic One of the areas that the Pirate Parties are trying to act on is the adjustment of politics to a new digital age. This can be achieved through adding more transparency to the governments, opening them up for more collaboration and use of data and turning the government into more of an eGovernment in order to both use more of the benefits brought by our digital age and protect us from its risks. The Swedish E-delegation is assigned to, amongst other things,  to “aid the government in EU-collaboration and in international …

Anton Nordenfur News Pirate Topic

Political Differences Between the Pirate Parties | PirateTimes

Political Differences Between the Pirate Parties March 15, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic While dozens of Pirate Parties throughout the world agree on the most fundamental positions concerning copyright reform, patents, surveillance and government transparency, many parties have started broadening into other areas. These topics are sometimes more obvious extensions to the existing politics – open access, IT use in government, et cetera – but sometimes cover more controversial issues, often unique for each nation or region, and outlandish in the view of another party. Some of these “controversial issues” include drug regulation, education, health care, defense, environment, traditional left-right taxes and several other areas. Some …

Creator Dominic Guhl News Pirate Topic

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

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 …

Creator Koen De Voegt News Pirate Topic

Happy Public Domain Day! | PirateTimes

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 …

Creator News Pirate Topic Stathis Leivaditis

Pirates are Practicing the Experiment of Human Knowledge | PirateTimes

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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