Pirates Center of Belarus

The Pirates Center of Belarus
Пірацкі цэнтр Беларусі
FoundedSeptember 14, 2012 (2012-09-14) (site was created)
HeadquartersMinsk, Belarus
IdeologyPirate politics
Anti-copyright
International affiliationPirate Parties International
Website
pirates.by
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The Pirates Center of Belarus (Belarusian: Пірацкі цэнтр Беларусі, romanized: Piracki centr Bielarusi) is a community of people who support freedom of knowledge, reform of copyright, privacy of personal information and transparent government.

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

Belarusian Pirates on General Assembly of Pirates Parties International 2013

The main purpose of the Pirates Center of Belarus is the dismantling of the existing copyright laws.[4] It also advocates:[5]

The Pirates Center also claims to uphold the following principles:

  • Openness
  • Alternativeness
  • Initiative
  • Action

Activities

Cryptoparty in Minsk

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

  1. ^ "Pirates appeared in belarusian internet". Deutsche Welle.
  2. ^ "Pump the right". kasparov.ru.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "What is copyright? Decompose on shelves". “Computer’s news” magazine’s site (kv.by). 7 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Generation of Pirates". “Belsat” channel.
  6. ^ "Presentation "Digital rights and copyright"". slideshare.net. 14 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Open source and social institutions". “Solit”conference. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  8. ^ "Belarusian copyright: trends and alternatives". “Solit”conference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  9. ^ "Cryptoparty on Mediabarcamp". Mediabarcamp.
  10. ^ "Free lessons "How to be encrypted" on cryptoparty". tut.by. Archived from the original on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-08-18.