French Pirate Party Has a Shot At Winning a Government Seat
If the Pirate Party manages to snag a seat in the September 20th by-election, France could become the third country to have an elected member in a government office. The German Pirate Party has already won a number of municipal seats to be the second which was a follow up to the ever famous [...]
US Web Hosting Company Sued for Contributing to Infringement
You would think that the DMCA safe harbour provision would protect a web hosting company from the actions of their customers. That’s not what a judge and jury found as one web hosting company was dinged $32 million for hosting a website with trademark infringing material.
Prosecutors are calling it a landmark decision when they [...]
French Broadcaster Sued for Firing Employee Based on HADOPI Stance
It was the story of an e-mail heard around the world. You may remember Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim who expressed opposition in an e-mail to his member of parliament. That e-mail went back to his employer, TF1, who then promptly fired him because of his political views back in May. Now, Bourreau-Guggenheim is suing [...]
Canadian Surveillance Legislation Dissected – Bill C-46
The new surveillance legislation in Canada has been causing waves, but today, we are finally able to actually read the legislation for the first time and the two bills contain some interesting provisions. We look at the legislation (Bill C-46 in this article) that has already worried many Canadians.
The bills in question are Bill [...]
Will Pirate Party TOR Nodes Be Used for More Than Iranian Free Speech?
There’s been particularly distressing news being reported today from 5 different countries for those who have believed in civil rights on the internet. Meanwhile, it seems that the Pirate Party has chosen today to launch two TOR nodes to help political dissidents in Iran exercise free speech in a country where free speech could [...]
Report – Russian Police Chief Wants Internet Anonymity Abolished
On the heals of the first ever Russian raid against a BitTorrent site, the Russian interior minister is now demanding that an anonymous internet should be abolished according to one news source.
Mosnews is reporting that the Russian interior minister is calling for an abolishment of any forms of an anonymous internet. He suggests that [...]
Famous Swedish Writer – Why I’m Voting Pirate Party
Freedom of expression, digital rights and privacy in a digital era. How many people knew topics like that would be a critical election issue in Europe 25 years ago? At first, the movement to bring these issues to the forefront started on someone’s personal website, but now a famous Swedish writer is throwing [...]
Australian Internet Filtering Plan Will Be Mandatory for Everyone – No Opt-Out
After the internet filtering trial, there will be no such thing as opting out of the internet filters.
The internet filtering plan from Australia seems to keep getting more and more disturbing. Clear back in 2007, the word from Australia said that the internet filters will become mandatory for all Australians following the trials currently [...]
UK MP Requests Feedback from Public Over Website Ratings Idea
While it’s something occurring in Britain, it also could affect talks between Britain and the United States too.
Controversy erupted yesterday over a plan to classify internet websites in an effort to supposedly “save the children”. Now, Open Rights Group is pointing out that a British MP is now seeking feedback on the proposal. Since [...]
British Minister In Discussions With Obama to Filter Internet to ‘Protect the Children’
Britain and the United States next in line to filter the internet while saying the internet is nothing more than a broadcaster?
Last week, we posted a relatively thorough piece on why the internet should not be considered little more than a broadcaster mainly because we saw the government using the description to push internet censorship [...]
