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The Swedish Government is the owner of thepiratebay.se | | PirateTimes

The Swedish Government is the owner of thepiratebay.se May 14, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic After a court-decision ThePirateBay.se and PirateBay.se has been forfeited to the Swedish government. This is the first time a domain name has been confiscated in Sweden on this level. There are no previous cases of states suing a registry for abetting criminal activity or breaching copyright law. The Swedish Prosecution Authority had filed a petition (pdf in Swedish) with the Stockholm District Court requesting the seizure of two domain names, thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se from the Registry of Swedish Domains IIS (formerly .SE). The job of IIS is to administrate the top-level domain .se …

The Pirate Bay | | PirateTimes

The Swedish Government is the owner of thepiratebay.se May 14, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic After a court-decision ThePirateBay.se and PirateBay.se has been forfeited to the Swedish government. This is the first time a domain name has been confiscated in Sweden on this level. There are no previous cases of states suing a registry for abetting… Pirate Party Norway Goes Around Censorship September 6, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The Norwegian Pirates are against censorship. Recently the Norwegian court ordered that Norwegian ISPs have to block seven file-sharing sites within two weeks. The sites that will be censored are The …

European Parliament | PirateTimes

Court Case says that IP Addresses are Personal Data May 13, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News Patrick Breyer from the Pirate Party Germany sued the German government for logging all visits to government websites (Case C-582/14). He believes that there should be a right to surf the Internet anonymously if wished. Website owners track user activity on… Julia Reda Wins the Digital Agenda Category at the MEP Awards March 21, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The Parliament Magazine’s annual MEP (Members of European Parliament) Awards took place 16 March 2016. Briefly described it is an event designed to show …

Thanasis Gounaris | PirateTimes

Greek Pirates are back on the road and speed up May 9, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News April was a month of intense activity for the Pirate party of Greece. After a turbulent period with the party on the verge of disolving, Greek Pirates are not only back on the road but accelerating onto the highway. There… The Kiss Of Life For Pirate Party Greece November 9, 2015 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News The 4th Congress of the Pirate Party of Greece, held in Athens last weekend, was marked by the resignations of 3 out of 7 Board members, including chairman …

PPGR | PirateTimes

Greek Pirates are back on the road and speed up May 9, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News April was a month of intense activity for the Pirate party of Greece. After a turbulent period with the party on the verge of disolving, Greek Pirates are not only back on the road but accelerating onto the highway. There… 1.500 European Local Authorities Declared TTIP Free Zones April 22, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News Negotiators working on the TTIP want the job to be done quickly, before Obama’s end of presidency in USA. However, a very significant movement of local authorities are rising all …

Scottish PEN Seek Reform of Law on Defamation | | PirateTimes

Scottish PEN Seek Reform of Law on Defamation May 8, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Topic Scottish PEN is working with a range of organisations to reform the legislation governing defamation in Scotland. As it stands, the existing legislation severely undermines freedom of expression, limiting the ability of media outlets, bloggers, social media users and civil society to share information in the public interest. The ability for powerful interests to suppress free speech thus presents a challenge to fundamental freedoms. The concern is that libel reform in England and Wales makes Scotland a soft target for those who wish to silence their critics across the UK. In England …

Iceland Pirates get Loot While Progressive Party Suffers | | PirateTimes

Iceland Pirates get Loot While Progressive Party Suffers May 8, 2016 · by Júlíus Blómkvist Friðriksson · in Pirate Party News Update: 18/5, it turns out that our source frettatiminn.is did refer to potential results from poll if there were elections today. Not that the february poll would determine allocation of funding as we initially stated. Icelandic can sometimes be hard to interpret even for a native author. In Iceland, financial support for political parties is allocated based on how well they do in poll elections. On 1 February 2016. The political parties get 290 Million ISK  (~2.000.000 Euro) in total and is distributed based on their poll results (those above 2.5% support). On …

The Swarm 2.0 – A Simplified Tactical Change to the World | | PirateTimes

The Swarm 2.0 – A Simplified Tactical Change to the World May 6, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Book Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the first Pirate Party, wrote a book called Swarmwise that is filled with advice on how to start a movement and succeed in growing it. His book was a way for him to give a clear road-map of his experiences to follow when growing a movement. When asked about the most common mistakes that Pirate Parties do Rick Falkvinge answered: “Overdoing rules, regulations, and statutes. You don’t need bureaucracy. You need activism and you need to make activism fun. You should have the absolute minimum possible …

Swedish Pirate Party Elects its First Leader | PirateTimes

Swedish Pirate Party Elects its First Leader May 5, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in General Assembly On Monday, 2 May 2016, a new Chairperson for the Swedish Pirate Party (PPSE) was elected. PPSE has been without a leader since the end of 2014. At the current General Assembly the members of the party decided to elect Magnus Andersson, from Gothenburg, to this position. The Swedish Pirate Party provided the seed for the Pirate Movement that later spread across the globe. The founder of the party, Rick Falkvinge, was the leader of the party from 2006 until 2011. Rick decided that five years of leadership was enough and handed over to …

IMMI | PirateTimes

Press Freedom Declining Around the World April 28, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic Every year Reporters Without Borders (RSF) compile an index of press freedom around the world. The index has been published since 2002 and measures the state of press freedom in 182 countries. It measures “the media freedom situation based on… Interview with the Director of the International Modern Media Initiative April 27, 2016 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic The Pirate Times connected with Guðjón Idir in Iceland to ask some questions about the International Modern Media Institute that is running a crowd funding campaign. Its aim is to form Iceland …

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