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Category Archives: Censorship
CISPA Still Threatens Civil Liberties
Posted on behalf of fellow Pirate Kendra Moyer LATEST UPDATE While CISPA passed in the House of Representatives on April 18th, as of Thursday April 25, 2013, the CISPA bill was effectively stalled on the Senate floor after proving too … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Privacy
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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
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Privacy
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Help Stop the ACTA!
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a treaty that the US government worked on in secret with other countries to bring the US’ draconian copyright laws to other countries. It will: lock us into obsolete copyright and patent laws; criminalize harmless remixes … Continue reading
Posted in ACTA, Censorship, Copyright, Economy
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Mass. Pirate Party Condemns Shutdown of Megaupload
Despite overwhelming, worldwide public opposition to the current trends in ever-tightening and ever more intrusive copyright laws and copyright enforcement, the Department of Justice has seized and shutdown Megaupload, a popular online service that is not based in the United … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Copyright, Freedom of Speech
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SOPA & PIPA: The Internet Goes On Strike, Pirates Join
[From the Florida Pirate Party, but it includes our sentiments as well since this site will go black on the 18th.] On January 18, many websites will voluntarily go on strike [1] to demonstrate against the threat of the Stop … Continue reading
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Tell the House: Don’t Censor the Net!
The House of Representatives will start considering changes to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on Thursday.and may vote to approve it soon after. Like the Senate bills, PIPA and CSFA, SOPA would create a variety of ways for corporations … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Organizing, Out And About
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Pirate Party Holds Rally to tell Senators Brown and Kerry: Don’t Censor the Net!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: James O’Keefe, 617-447-0210 PIRATE PARTY HOLDS RALLY TO TELL SENATORS BROWN AND KERRY: DON’T CENSOR THE NET! Boston, MA, December 6th, 2011 – At noon today, supporters of Internet freedom will tell Senators … Continue reading
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RELEASED: Dec. 6th Rally Posters
Through the effort of Jeanne, Clay and Henry, we have the following posters ready for you to download and put up in your community. An hour with a bunch of these, a staple gun or clear plastic packing tape will … Continue reading
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RELEASED: Information Packet for Senators Regarding PIPA and CFSA
We just released our Information Packet for Senators Regarding PIPA and CFSA, two bills before the US Senate that would censor the Internet. We will be dropping these documents off to Senators Brown and Kerry at our Rally to Stop … Continue reading
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Rally against PROTECT IP on Dec. 6th
We will bring our fight against the PROTECT IP bill directly to Senator Brown’s Boston office on Tuesday, December 6th. We will meet at noon in front of the JFK Federal Building at 15 New Sudbury Street across from Boston … Continue reading
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