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Pirate Times Introduces Paywall to Fund Further Reporting April 1, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times Edit: April Fool’s. We’d never want to restrict access to information in such a way, completely contrary to pirate principles.  What are online readers willing to pay for digital content? Pirate Times has been publishing articles for free since August… Flattr Appreciation During Mar 2015 (7.41E) April 18, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times Our flattr income is back to normal levels again after being below sustainable levels last month. Many thanks to the eight persons that have supported us during March. We’re planning sending …

Pirate Times Introduces Paywall to Fund Further Reporting | PirateTimes

Pirate Times Introduces Paywall to Fund Further Reporting April 1, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times Edit: April Fool’s. We’d never want to restrict access to information in such a way, completely contrary to pirate principles.  What are online readers willing to pay for digital content? Pirate Times has been publishing articles for free since August 2012. During this time we published 687 articles, where we made some of these more accessible (43 Spanish, 26 French and 11 Greek translations). We have had some backing from people through flattr and bitcoin to cover basic costs. (thanks a lot to those who have backed us!!) However, …

“Intellectual Property” is not REAL property | PirateTimes

“Intellectual Property” is not REAL property March 31, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion This is an opinion article by Óscar which reflects the author’s ideas. — “Sometimes we discover unpleasant truths. Whenever we do so, we are in difficulties: suppressing them is scientifically dishonest, so we must tell them, but telling them, however, will fire back on us”.– Edsger W. Dijkstra [4] The present essay was written as part of an assignment in one of the PhD classes the author was enrolled in. In that particular class, a range of “extra-curricular” topics were covered, and one of those was (you’ve guessed it) “Intellectual Property (IP) rights”. The assessment …

Pirates Away From Keyboard | PirateTimes

Pirates Away From Keyboard March 25, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion This is an opinion article by Leonardo which reflects the author’s ideas. — On 9 March 2016, here in the Pirate Times, we read the Spanish answer to Falkvinge’s analysis of Pirate Party’s first decade. The judgment on Falkvinge is quite harsh: according to the authors, “he lives in a bubble” and “seems to believe the world circles around Sweden”. But, above all, he has been accused of only focusing on digital rights, instead of other and more important issues, such as crises, unemployment, refugees flows etc.Now, the first thing we can notice is that these two visions …

Julia Reda Wins the Digital Agenda Category at the MEP Awards | PirateTimes

Julia Reda Wins the Digital Agenda Category at the MEP Awards March 21, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish 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 appreciation for fellow MEPs. The event is sponsored by the business sector and hands out awards in 20 different categories where most of them have a dedicated sponsor (e.g. the Sport category was sponsored by Coca-Cola). How the MEP Awards work: Anyone can nominate an MEP they think has made an excellent contribution in an …

Three Pirates Speak On the Dutch Referendum | PirateTimes

Three Pirates Speak On the Dutch Referendum March 18, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Interview This is a guest post from Rico Brouwer, Pirate Party Netherlands   On April 6th 2016 there will be a Dutch referendum on the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine. Me and a few Dutch Pirates created an English (and Dutch) website called dutchvote.eu about everything related to this referendum. The website gives campaign information without being biased toward a particular vote. The Pirate Party Netherlands took the initiative to create the website about the Dutch referendum to provide information and connect to people, enabling more people to give an informed YES or NO vote on April …

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Three Pirates Speak On the Dutch Referendum March 18, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Interviews This is a guest post from Rico Brouwer, Pirate Party Netherlands   On April 6th 2016 there will be a Dutch referendum on the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine. Me and a few Dutch Pirates created an English (and Dutch)… News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net Search All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading… Calendar of the PPI Archives April 2016 (1) March 2016 (10) January 2016 (1) December 2015 (4) November 2015 (6) October 2015 (11) September 2015 (14) August 2015 (8) July 2015 (9) June …

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Three Pirates Speak On the Dutch Referendum March 18, 2016 · by Guest Author · in Interviews This is a guest post from Rico Brouwer, Pirate Party Netherlands   On April 6th 2016 there will be a Dutch referendum on the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine. Me and a few Dutch Pirates created an English (and Dutch)… News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: bi-weekly newsletter contact@piratetimes.net Search All Content (not specified) is CC-BY PirateTimes. Please link back to us. Recent Comments Loading… Calendar of the PPI Archives April 2016 (1) March 2016 (10) January 2016 (1) December 2015 (4) November 2015 (6) October 2015 (11) September 2015 (14) August 2015 (8) July 2015 (9) June …

Flattr and Bitcoin Support for Oct, Nov, Dec (2015) and Jan, Feb 2016 | PirateTimes

Flattr and Bitcoin Support for Oct, Nov, Dec (2015) and Jan, Feb 2016 March 17, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times Our support on Flattr is steady and has happened mostly through recurring flattrs over the past few months. Our activity over these past months has been low and with less content we receive less support.  Thanks a lot to the ones that keep us going money-wise, it makes a huge difference. In total over the past five months we received 41.52 Euro on Flattr. On bitcoin we received one donation in October for 0.0207271  bitcoins (7.68 Euro), THANKS. Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to …

EU Consultation on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights | PirateTimes

EU Consultation on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights March 16, 2016 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic The European Commission is currently holding a consultation to modernize the enforcement of Intellectual Property rights. They are looking for your input until 5 April 2016: In its Digital Single Market strategy the Commission committed to undertake a set of targeted actions which aim to foster the cross-border digital economy but also aim to ensure a safe online environment for business operators and consumers […] It will gather experience on the use and impact of IPRED and also seek views and opinions from those concerned with the application of the Directive on …

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