Running an Information Stand | PirateTimes

Running an Information Stand September 28, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) This is the first in a series of Pirate Times articles aimed at helping Pirates get the message to people in their community – even when they are short of funds. An information stand can be a very effective way to let people know that the Pirate Party exists and […]

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Portugal Declares File-Sharing for Personal Use Legal | PirateTimes

Portugal Declares File-Sharing for Personal Use Legal September 28, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic After the anti-piracy group ACAPOR reported IP addresses of 2,000 suspected file sharers, the Portuguese Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) has come to a somewhat surprising conclusion: not only will these file sharers not be prosecuted, but it seems that file sharing for personal use is not illegal in […]

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PP Sweden Prepares for Important Member Meeting | PirateTimes

PP Sweden Prepares for Important Member Meeting September 27, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in General Assembly Piratpartiet, The Swedish Pirate Party, is preparing for its yearly autumn member meeting. This time, the focus is on broadening the political agenda as well as electing six new board members. The meeting is set to start on October 1 and is held on the party website where […]

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From “Paisios” to “Pastitsios” there’s a blasphemy | PirateTimes

From “Paisios” to “Pastitsios” there’s a blasphemy September 26, 2012 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Topic A 27 year old was arrested by Greek police on charges of blasphemy, because on his Facebook page he satirized a monk, well known as Elder Paisios, paraphrasing his name to Elder Pastitsios, referring to the famous Greek food “pastitsio”, macaroni pie with minced meat. Are there […]

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Pirate Parties on Facebook and Twitter – September 2012 | PirateTimes

The Pirate Movement on Facebook and Twitter – September 2012 September 25, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The pirate movement has grown with 7 138 followers on Facebook and 5 315 followers on Twitter. The aggregated amount of new followers is 12 453 during the last month. To see the statistics from last month you can look here, these figures […]

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Inside the Clean-IT conflict | PirateTimes

Inside the Clean-IT conflict September 25, 2012 · by Paul Wardenga · in Europe, Pirate Party News, Pirate Topic CleanIT is a project by several European governments and private stakeholders. The project officially aims to reduce the use (or abuse) of the internet by terrorists. The list of the CleanIT goals reads, on the surface, like it is motivated by the wish to protect children […]

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Flattr Appreciation During August | PirateTimes

Flattr Appreciation During August September 22, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In the spirit of transparency here is our income report for August. We received €6.02 through 47 flattrs by 9 unique users. This money will go to covering our costs for web space and paying our domain name. More importantly it gives motivation to us since you show […]

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Neigher left nor right | PirateTimes

Neither left nor right – an essay on Pirate politics September 20, 2012 · by Zbigniew Łukasiak · in Pirate Topic “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need” is one of the most well known Marxist slogans and it is also how Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS) is being used and produced.  Is FLOSS communist? In FLOSS you choose what […]

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TrapWire – Big Business Brother Is Watching You | PirateTimes

TrapWire – Big Business Brother Is Watching You September 14, 2012 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Pirate Topic On 10 August 2012 operators of the notorious whisteblower site Wikileaks reported that they had been hit by a cyber attack. 10GB of data were supposedly fired at their servers in a pretty severe DDoS-attack. One reason for the attack could have been the publishing of […]

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Who Votes For Pirates? Poll shows target demographic. | PirateTimes

Who Votes For Pirates? September 17, 2012 · by Paul Wardenga · in Tips & Tricks German study on voting behaviour gives insights on Pirates’ target demographic Who is likely to vote Pirate? Previously, there have been mostly educated guesses about the target demographic of the Pirates, tending to name young technology affiniados. A recent representative study, carried out by Prof. Elmar Brähler and Dr. […]

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