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Mass. Pirate Party opposes CISPA, urges supporters to tell Congress

The Massachusetts Pirate Party opposes the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) – H.R.3523 as a violation of our fundamental rights to privacy and freedom of speech. CISPA is would allow federal and state governments to request detailed records … Continue reading

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We are The Party of Open

As we mentioned a few blog posts back, we started a discussion recently about how can we briefly describe what we are for. David Hardwick once suggested that we should be the party of open, and there is a certain … Continue reading

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Copyright Battle Tactics Talk Posted

Michael Anderson’s conference talk, Copyright Battle Tactics, is now up at our Youtube page. You can find the other talks we posted at our 2012 conference page. Tweet

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Join us at Together Boston this week

Captain James O’Keefe will be speaking tomorrow at Together Boston‘s Patently Stupid panel.  Together Boston is a Electronic Music Festival in Cambridge and Boston that runs until Sunday, April 8th. The panel will be this Wednesday, April 4th at noon … Continue reading

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Posted Stranger Danger Talk Video

We continue to release videos of our conference talks. Conor Sherman’s Stranger Danger talk is the latest at our Youtube page. We also posted the HighDef version of the Campaign to Win talk as a torrent. Tweet

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Some Conference Videos Available

Processing the videos of the conference is taking a bit of time, unfortunately, but Erik has been toiling away. Thankfully, his efforts have been successful and two of the talks are currently available: Kopimism by Lauren Pespisa Campaign to Win … Continue reading

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Stop H.2842!

We sent the following testimony on H.2842, a bill before the Massachusetts Legislature.  We believe that H.2842 would hurt Massachusetts businesses, harm open source software and reduce competition in Massachusetts. Please tell the Joint Committee on the Judiciary that you … Continue reading

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Conference Schedule Available

You can preregister for the conference by making a  contribution of $5 or more. We have finished the conference schedule: Time Event 9:00am-9:45am Breakfast & Opening Session – Are you a Pirate? 9:45am-10:00am Fair Use for Activists (Chris Walsh) 10:00am-11:00am How … Continue reading

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Conference Movie Festival Moved to May 12th, Jared Ball to Speak

Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, we will have to end our March 10th conference at 6pm.  As such, we will not be able to show the open/public domain movies we had planned, unfortunately.  We will still have a showing of Your … Continue reading

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March 10th Conference Talk Lineup – Register Today

You can register by making a contribution of $5 or more. We are putting the finishing touches on the schedule for our March 10th Pirate Party conference, and we wanted to share what the talks will be. David House, a researcher at … Continue reading

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