Today at 1600 hours, the Swedish Parliament will vote on Data Retention. The vote is expected and hoped to result in a one-year postponement…
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Rick is the founder of the first Pirate Party and a low-altitude motorcycle pilot. He lives on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, roasts his own coffee, and as of right now (2019-2020) is taking a little break.
PPI 2011, Friedrichshafen DE
A few photos from the general assembly of Pirate Parties International in Friedrichshafen, Germany on March 12-13. We have certainly come a long way…
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Tomorrow, Swedish Parliament Votes On Data Retention
Some time tomorrow, the Swedish Parliament will vote on whether to push Sweden yet another significant step towards a surveillance state through traffic data…
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Google Translate Should Get Peace Prize
Our leaders frequently demonize other humankins. We are told that they are fundamentalist crazy, that they are born with soldier boots on and have…
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Streaming is the Copyright Industry's Approaching Train at the End of the Tunnel
The copyright industry is under the belief that “streaming” will solve all of their problems with “downloading”. Rather, I predict that it will be…
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La Biblioteca de Alejandría 2.0
En tiempos antiguos,existió una biblioteca en la ciudad egipcia de Alejandría. A lo largo de los siglos, había amasado una colección de todo el…
Read MoreThe Library of Alexandria 2.0
In ancient times, there was a library in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Over the centuries, it had built a collection of all of…
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Radical Copyright Reform Only Chance For The Copyright Monopoly To Survive At All
WIPO is concerned at the lack of respect for copyright. At the same time, they dismiss the views of the Pirate Party as “extremist”….
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An Alternative to Pharmaceutical Patents
It has been previously established that the pharmaceutical industry is the only industry gaining from the patent system at all. For all other industries,…
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An Internet Levy is a Terrible Idea
The notion that all Internet users should somehow pay the old copyright monopoly structures a monthly fee, to compensate them for file sharing, has…
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