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Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public „shitstorms“ on twitter and other media. Both of these factors have resulted last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between 2-4%. Prism: Who should we trust? …

Amidst Prism & Tempora Scandal, German Pirates Get Back | PirateTimes

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election A rough year for Germany’s Pirate Party After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public “shitstorms” on twitter and through other media. Both of these factors have resulted from  last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to  PPDE’s collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between …

Felicitas Steinhoff | | PirateTimes

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public „shitstorms“ on twitter and other media. Both of these factors have resulted last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between 2-4%. About Felicitas Steinhoff I recently …

Prism: Who should we trust? | PirateTimes

Prism: Who should we trust? June 25, 2013 · by Andy Halsall · in Guest Opinion Prism: Who should we trust? As odd as it may seem, I agree with the various statements that have been made over the last few days that the UK has some incredibly robust and sensible rules when it comes to intelligence gathering.  Of course I would like to see some tightening up, especially in terms of who has access and who should be permitted to authorise surveillance – and that this has to be adhered to.  I think that comes out in the fact that there haven’t been the kinds of huge leaks by …

Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests | PirateTimes

Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests in #gezipark June 24, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Profile The recent protests in Turkey started  on 28 May 2013. The protests were sparked by the brutal eviction of a sit-in at Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park protesting at plans for the park’s demolition and replacement with a shopping mall.  The Pirate Party of Turkey (Korsan Partisi Hareketi) was involved from the first days and we asked Şevket Uyanık a few questions about the situation there – he got together with  Ugurcan Orcun, Serhat Koc, Erkan Saka and  Yasin Aydin and these are their answers; Pirate Times: We are getting conflicting news over the television and in newspapers. Do …

How a Swarm of Pirates Can Redefine Politics According to Rick Falkvinge | PirateTimes

How a Swarm of Pirates Can Redefine Politics According to Rick Falkvinge June 21, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Interview Having made a ​​great impact in the fields of politics and human resource management, Rick Falkvinge, founder of the first Pirate Party in the world and political evangelist, led the Pirate Party of Sweden from nowhere in 2006 to the election of two MEPs in 2009. In his coming book “Swarmwise: The tactical manual to changing the world “, published serially on his website before its release in July (when it will become available to download from The Pirate Bay), Rick describes his experience of managing a swarm …

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 …

Review | PirateTimes

P-review 10 – 16 June 2013 with Videos and Podcasts June 17, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead and a list of videos and podcasts that were published in the last week that are relevant to the World Pirate movement and are in English. P-review 3-9 June 2013 with Videos and Podcasts June 10, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming …

P-review 10 – 16 June 2013 with Videos and Podcasts | PirateTimes

P-review 10 – 16 June 2013 with Videos and Podcasts June 17, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News Pirate Times Review A regular review of some things that happened in the previous week and a preview of some events coming in the week ahead and a list of videos and podcasts that were published in the last week that are relevant to the World Pirate movement and are in English. See below.     The week in review 3 – 9 June 2013 Monday 10 June – An on going vigil at Fort Mead for Bradley Manning every Monday morning Sunday 16 June Estonia held its General Assembly   …

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 …

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