Denis Simonet a.k.a. "SciFi" (b. Biel/Bienne, May 21, 1985[1]) from Ipsach is a Swiss politician, and was the first president of the Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS).[2] In April 2012 he was elected as a board member of Pirate Parties International.[3] He also is the chairman of the court of arbitration of PPS and the spokesman of his party.[4]
At the foundation of Pirate Party Switzerland in Zurich, Simonet was elected the first chairman. In March 2012 at the Assembly in Visperterminen he didn't run for this function again. Instead he became the chairman of the new court of arbitration. The board also elected him spokesman. From 15 April 2012 till 13 April 2014 he also was a member of the board of the Pirate Parties International.
BiographyEdit
Simonet, a founding member of his party, studied Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and switched to the Bern University of Applied Sciences. He is also a founding member of the Swiss Privacy Foundation.[5] One of his hobbies is playing the piano. He released his two compositions on last.fm and composed the jingle for the independent podcast parrot.fm.[6] His composition «Move on» was rearranged and produced by MG Rizzello, the song is available for free on Bandcamp.[7] He also acts as a reporter for parrot.fm and he is a member of the Swiss association of specialized journalists.[8]
PoliticsEdit
Simonet participated in the cantonal elections of Bern 2010 on first position on the list "PIRATEN" in district Biel-Seeland and got 726 votes, which wasn't enough to gain a seat.[9] At those elections Pirate Party Switzerland got 0.7% of all votes. At the national elections 2011 he was on list place 3 and got 4904 votes.[10] Again Pirate Party Switzerland got 0.7% of all votes in the canton of Bern. Simonet owns a lobbyist passport for the federal parliament building which he got from Lukas Reimann, a national council of the political party "SVP".
From December 13, 2010 to December 24, 2010 Simonet wrote about digital policy for the well known newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung[11] and for the IT Magazine Netzwoche he was interviewed as an expert on surveillance and privacy.[12] In his own blog he often writes about digital policy, some posts were already overtaken by the students portal students.ch and the newspaper Tages-Anzeiger.[13] He is a member of the committee for more transparency in politics[14] and fought against the reintroduction of fixed book prizes as a member of the committee against expensive books.[15]
Because of his nearness to music Simonet advocates a liberal copyright law which allows the free exchange of culture. Therefore, the Swiss rapper Gimma attacked him in an open letter.[16] Simonet answered in a blog post with the title «Das Internet ist kein Nazi-Regime» (the internet is not a nazi regime).[17]
OthersEdit
Simonet is the contact person of the domain name wikileaks.ch on which the wikileaks website has been transferred on December 3, 2010.[18] The domain and redirection have been set up by Pirate Party Switzerland due to a board decision on June 8, 2010.[19] At the founding assembly of Pirate Parties International[20] he represented PPS as a delegate, together with Pascal Gloor.[21]
^. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^Die Gründung der Swiss Privacy Foundation 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, The foundation of the Swiss Privacy Foundation on January 24, 2010 in Bremgarten
^Hint in the Shownotes 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, official website of parrot.fm
^. Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
^Press release 2010-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Pirate Parties International
^Minutes, Board decision to send delegates to the conference.
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elected as a board member of Pirate Parties International 3 He also is the chairman of the court of arbitration of PPS and the spokesman of his party 4 Denis Simonet 2011 Contents 1 Functions at the pirates 2 Biography 3 Politics 4 Others 5 ReferencesFunctions at the pirates EditAt the foundation of Pirate Party Switzerland in Zurich Simonet was elected the first chairman In March 2012 at the Assembly in Visperterminen he didn t run for this function again Instead he became the chairman of the new court of arbitration The board also elected him spokesman From 15 April 2012 till 13 April 2014 he also was a member of the board of the Pirate Parties International Biography EditSimonet a founding member of his party studied Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and switched to the Bern University of Applied Sciences He is also a founding member of the Swiss Privacy Foundation 5 One of his hobbies is playing the piano He released his two compositions on last fm and composed the jingle for the independent podcast parrot fm 6 His composition Move on was rearranged and produced by MG Rizzello the song is available for free on Bandcamp 7 He also acts as a reporter for parrot fm and he is a member of the Swiss association of specialized journalists 8 Politics EditSimonet participated in the cantonal elections of Bern 2010 on first position on the list PIRATEN in district Biel Seeland and got 726 votes which wasn t enough to gain a seat 9 At those elections Pirate Party Switzerland got 0 7 of all votes At the national elections 2011 he was on list place 3 and got 4904 votes 10 Again Pirate Party Switzerland got 0 7 of all votes in the canton of Bern Simonet owns a lobbyist passport for the federal parliament building which he got from Lukas Reimann a national council of the political party SVP From December 13 2010 to December 24 2010 Simonet wrote about digital policy for the well known newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung 11 and for the IT Magazine Netzwoche he was interviewed as an expert on surveillance and privacy 12 In his own blog he often writes about digital policy some posts were already overtaken by the students portal students ch and the newspaper Tages Anzeiger 13 He is a member of the committee for more transparency in politics 14 and fought against the reintroduction of fixed book prizes as a member of the committee against expensive books 15 Because of his nearness to music Simonet advocates a liberal copyright law which allows the free exchange of culture Therefore the Swiss rapper Gimma attacked him in an open letter 16 Simonet answered in a blog post with the title Das Internet ist kein Nazi Regime the internet is not a nazi regime 17 Others EditSimonet is the contact person of the domain name wikileaks ch on which the wikileaks website has been transferred on December 3 2010 18 The domain and redirection have been set up by Pirate Party Switzerland due to a board decision on June 8 2010 19 At the founding assembly of Pirate Parties International 20 he represented PPS as a delegate together with Pascal Gloor 21 References Edit User profile Archived 2010 05 03 at the Wayback Machine Simonet s Blog Prasident Pirate Party Switzerland Tweet Press release of the assembly on 4 March 2012 Archived from the original on 9 March 2012 Retrieved 15 April 2012 Die Grundung der Swiss Privacy Foundation Archived 2011 07 06 at the Wayback Machine The foundation of the Swiss Privacy Foundation on January 24 2010 in Bremgarten Hint in the Shownotes Archived 2012 04 25 at the Wayback Machine official website of parrot fm Move On on Bandcamp Faximile 02 12 Archived 2012 09 16 at the Wayback Machine Seite 4 Official results of the Grossratswahlen Kanton Bern 2010 Resultate der einzelnen Listen gesamter Kanton Archived 2012 04 25 at the Wayback Machine Website of the Canton of Bern Eine Digitalpolitik fur die Schweiz Archived from the original on 2010 12 27 Retrieved 2010 12 17 Nur Nudisten haben nichts zu verbergen Netzwoche Das Desaster mit dem Pferd Piraten fordern transparentere Politik Archived from the original on 2012 01 30 Retrieved 2011 11 22 Co Prasidium Buchpreisbindung Referendum Archived from the original on 2011 10 22 Retrieved 2011 11 22 Offener Brief von Gimma Das Internet ist kein Nazi Regime Archived 2012 06 26 at the Wayback Machine blog post by Denis Simonet Switch Minutes Archived from the original on 2011 01 11 Retrieved 2010 12 09 Press release Archived 2010 04 19 at the Wayback Machine Pirate Parties International Minutes Board decision to send delegates to the conference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Denis Simonet amp oldid 1087589260, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
