Pirates Center of Belarus
The Pirates Center of Belarus Пірацкі цэнтр Беларусі | |
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| Founded | September 14, 2012 (site was created) |
| Headquarters | Pirate politics Anti-copyright |
| International affiliation | Pirate Parties International |
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The Pirates Center of Belarus (
History
The Pirates Center of Belarus was founded in Minsk at the end of 2012. It was the third attempt to create a pirate movement in Belarus.[1]
A website, online social network communities, and contacts with the pirate parties of various countries (such as Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Catalonia, and Spain) were created during the 2nd half of 2012.
From April 19 to April 21, 2013, the Pirates Center of Belarus took part in the general assembly of Pirate Parties International (PPI) and was accepted as an official member of the Pirate Parties International.[2][3]
Purposes and Principles
The main purpose of the Pirates Center of Belarus is the dismantling of the existing
- Alternative licenses and the free choice of the author
- Openness and transparency in government decision-making
- Greater availability of high-speed Internet
- The right to privacy on the internet and in real life
- Free and open knowledge
- Open source softwarein the social sphere, education and culture
The Pirates Center also claims to uphold the following principles:
- Openness
- Alternativeness
- Initiative
- Action
Activities
As of 2013 the main activity of the Pirates Center is education; this includes the organization of public lectures, panel discussions, and film viewings.[6][7][8] Other activities include:
- CryptoParties[9][10]
- Meeting with informal creativists
- Taking part in IT conferences
- Audio sets with pirates of different countries
- Learning copyright laws
- Localization of articles and video subtitles into Russian and Belarusian
- Writing reviews
- Making polls
- Gathering information for libraries and media
References
- ^ "Pirates appeared in belarusian internet". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ "Pump the right". kasparov.ru.
- ^ "First new from the General Assembly of Pirates International 2013". pirate-party.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ^ "What is copyright? Decompose on shelves". “Computer’s news” magazine’s site (kv.by). 7 May 2013.
- ^ "Generation of Pirates". “Belsat” channel.
- ^ "Presentation "Digital rights and copyright"". slideshare.net. 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Open source and social institutions". “Solit”conference. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ^ "Belarusian copyright: trends and alternatives". “Solit”conference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ^ "Cryptoparty on Mediabarcamp". Mediabarcamp.
- ^ "Free lessons "How to be encrypted" on cryptoparty". tut.by. Archived from the original on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
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