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Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections | PirateTimes

Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections February 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News The Polish Pirate Party has decided to go to the elections for European Parliament (EP). The base for the Polish Pirates’ programme will be the Common European Elections Programme (CEEP), that is being adopted by most European Pirate parties. The pirate candidate in the Warsaw district, Zbigniew Łukasiak, pointed out that he thinks Polish Pirates should put some emphasis on the Freedom of Information acts, ways to make them more effective and also on fighting the efforts to limit these acts. The Polish Pirate Party has decided to participate in the EP elections …

Creator Europe Josef Ohlsson Collentine News

General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party | PirateTimes

General Assembly of PPNO: A Professionalization of the Party February 16, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The 1-2 February 2014 was the General Assembly of Pirate Party Norway (PPNO). They made use of a few different digital tools to run their general assembly. The entire meeting was live-streamed on youtube (day 1 and day 2 enabling people to follow the meeting without being present in Kristiansand. The protocol for the meeting was kept in a pad which enabled people to follow along easily as well as correct the protocol instantly if needed. The votes were tallied by using ‘Poll Everywhere‘ (both for people …

Creator Interview News Stathis Leivaditis

Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship | PirateTimes

Turkish Pirates Hanging Tools of Freedom on the Tree of Censorship February 19, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Interview This post is also available in: Spanish A bill that imposes censorship on the internet has brought great turmoil in the Turkish society. Thousands of people keep on demonstrating in the squares of the country, requesting its withdrawal and even cope with the forces of repression! The 5651 Bill that recently passed by the Turkish Parliament provides that a judge may order the inactivation of a web page when there is a complaint from someone that his rights were violated. The Pirate Party of Turkey is participating in the protests …

Creator Flattr Inside Pirate Times Josef Ohlsson Collentine

Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56 | PirateTimes

Flattr Appreciation During January 2014, Euro 14.56 February 14, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In January 2014 we had 30 things flattred by 14 unique users. In total we were flattred 64 times last month and received Euro 14.56 in support for our work. Our investment in a translation plugin has started being used to translate our website into French and Spanish. The official launch of our translations will happen soon when we will hopefully expand the translator teams and open a few more languages. Thanks for your continued support!   Flattr is a microdonation service that allows you to give a small amount of money …

Creator Europe Josef Ohlsson Collentine News

PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith election | PirateTimes

PPAU Finished 4th out of 11 Candidates in Griffith by-election with 1.5% February 13, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election This post is also available in: French This past Saturday, 8 February 2014, there was a by-election for the House of Representatives in the electorate of Griffith in Australia. The Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) managed to place fourth out of the eleven candidates with 1.5% of the votes. With 1055 votes achieved it was a good first appearance by PPAU in this election. The results for PPAU were between 0.9% and 2.5% in all areas apart from Mount Gravatt East (0%) and West End (3.4%). On …

Learning News Tips & Tricks

Slovenian Pirates Help Construct Computers to Counter Digital Poverty – Pirate Times

Slovenian Pirates Help Construct Computers to Counter Digital Poverty Posted: 2014-02-10/Under: Learning (tips&tricks) Computer constructionDuh CasalinuxMatjaž Ugovše Usually we link the word poverty with lack of food, water, clothing and dwelling. But in the age of digital communication, the lack of a connection to internet or even computer can lead to digital poverty. Being in digital poverty can also lead to a lack of above mentioned things that are essential for survival, and may also cause social exclusion. The Slovenian Pirates are aware of this problem and that is why some of them are collaborating in a computer construction workshop, organized by Duh časa (Zeitgeist, Slovenian Sustainability Society). Matjaž Ugovšek, …

Creator News Pedro Gutierrez Pirate Topic

News Digest. Week 5 | PirateTimes

News Digest. Week 5. February 4, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This article is a summary of some of the main pirate news that happened during the week that we did not write about. Towards a True Democracy After three years of turmoil, Tunisia has the Arab world’s most progressive constitution. Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) has approved a new constitution which marks a milestone in the country’s democratic transition. With 200 votes in favour out of a possible 216, and with only four votes against, the constitution represents both a reassuring consensus among the political elites and an important demonstration that they recognise the crucial …

Creator News Pedro Gutierrez Pirate Topic

Pedro Gutierrez | PirateTimes – Part 3

News Digest. Week 5. February 4, 2014 · by Pedro Gutierrez · in Pirate Topic This article is a summary of some of the main pirate news that happened during the week that we did not write about. About Pedro Gutierrez The certainty that a World War on Democracy was going on and we, the people, were unaware of it was keeping me up at night. The fact, crystal clear now after Snowden’s revelations, that the new battlefield is your mobile, your laptop, your data and so, that every citizen (i.e. you) is being considered a target was inconceivable for me. And it became worse when I realized that most …

Koen De Voegt News

Chelsea Manning | | PirateTimes

Pirates nominate Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden for Nobel peace prize February 3, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Pirate Party News Representatives in the EU parliament from the Pirate Party of Sweden (Amelia Andersdotter and Christian Engström) as well as parliamentarians from the Pirate Party of Iceland (Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Jón Þór Ólafsson and Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson) have conjointly nominated the American… Chelsea Manning’s First Birthday in Prison December 17, 2013 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic Today, 17 December 2013, Chelsea Manning is spending her birthday in prison, the first of a remaining thirty-five. In August this year, after three years of incarceration, she was …

Creator Michael Wartenbe News Pirate Topic

Public Submissions to U.S. Special 301 IP report ends February 7 | PirateTimes

Public Submissions to U.S. Special 301 IP report ends February 7 February 3, 2014 · by Michael Wartenbe · in Pirate Topic What is Special 301? When Intellectual Property protection was pushed into trade rules, the U.S. created a unilateral policy of enforcement. Every year the U.S. Trade Representatives rate every country’s level of Intellectual Property protection, such as creating law to punish file sharing or making sure the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) gets its money. If a country is deemed to have weak enforcement, then the U.S. can pressure them to adjust with the threat of sanctions or removing what is known as “Generalized System of Preferences”, which …

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