Protests Organizing Over ‘Big Brother’ Stockholm Program
The issue should not go through silently, at least this was the sentiment of some people who are watching the formation of the Stockholm Program. The program is said ...
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Exclusive: Canadian Pirate Party Responds to Green Party
We already reported on the Green Party of Canada saying that we don't need a Pirate Party of Canada because Canada has the Green Party. This was ...
We Don’t Need a Canadian Pirate Party – Green Party Leader
There was an interesting interview with Green Party Elizabeth May about Canada forming its own Pirate Party. Right off the bat, she concluded that Canada doesn't need ...
Swedish Pirate Party: “Copyright Laws Threaten Our Online Freedom”
Op-ed notes that govts, in order to enforce copyright laws, are slowly restricting our ability to communicate with one another online.
Christian Engström, newly elected member of the Swedish Pirate ...
Pirate Party of Canada Currently Seeking Membership
It may have taken a while, but the Pirate Party of Canada is finally on the road to forming. When asked about what's currently happening, Jake Daynes of the ...
French Pirate Party Member Refutes ‘Hacker Group’ Name
File-sharers have been called many things throughout the years. They've been associated with "bikey gangs", terrorists and crime networks to name a few. While file-sharers have been named ...
Voting Irregularities in Swedish EU Election Negatively Impacted Pirate Party?
Voting irregularities in this day and age seem to be par for the course when it comes to elections. The Pirate Party did celebrate their biggest election victory ever, ...
Austrian Newspapers Want to Use Data Retention to Enforce Copyright
There's some startling news appearing out of Austria recently. The Association of Austrian Newspapers have demanded that ISPs hand over IP addresses of those that could be found to ...
German Parliament Passes Web Censorship Legislation
Controversial or not, the proposed web censorship legislation is now one step closer to becoming law in Germany. All this after one member decided to become a ...
German Pirate Party Now Has a Seat in German Reichstag
While the German Pirate Party failed to gain enough support to win a seat, fate, it seems, had other plans for the party. A German Social Democrat, Jörg Taussig, ...
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 ...
Politician Discovers Equating Pirate Party Supporters to Rapists a Bad Idea
The argument falls on an age old argument against privacy - that if you have nothing to hide, why should you be worried about privacy. Unfortunately for feminist politician ...
Sweden Diverts 15 Police Officials to Investigate Copyright Infringement
With the Pirate Party of Sweden on the rise, you'd think that diverting police resources to target alleged copyright infringers such as file-sharers online would be political suicide in that ...
Wind In Their Sails – Pirate Party Support Growing Nationally and Internationally
After effectively winning two seats in the European Election, it seems that support for the party has only grown both during and after the election on a national ...
Court Review Says Pirate Bay Trial Judge Not Biased
Concludes his membership in several pro-copyright groups was merely an educational tool that increased his knowledge of the issues.
The Stockholm District Court reviewing the charge of bias leveled against ...
The Pirate Bay Urges EU Users to Get Out and Vote
In some parts of the world, like Canada, it's very difficult to motivate a younger audience (like, around 30 years or younger) to actually go to the polls and vote. ...
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? ...
Latest Poll – Pirate Party Could Win a Seat in EU Election
Early voting has already taken place in Europe and a new poll is out. The Pirate Party now has 7.9% support of the Swedish voting population. While well ...
Swedish Government Wants to Force ISPs to Retain Data for 6 Months
A newly leaked government report is suggesting that the Swedish government is planning on implementing a new law that would force ISPs to retain all user information for a period ...
STUDY: Sweden’s Pirate Party to Win 2 Seats in EU Parliament
Outrage over conviction of BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay continues to rise.
The entertainment industry may have won the first phase of its copyright infringement case against Swedish ...
