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 country. After copyright law reforms and the prosecution of the admins of The Pirate Bay, it appears as though the citizens of Sweden will [...]
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 level and international level.
The support for the Pirate Party on an international level has sailed to historic record support in many places. The German Pirate Party [...]
French Cybercrime Expert Discusses Loppsi 2 Legislation
It’s been one of the more heated debates surrounding technology in France today. The Loppsi 2 law proposal which would allow the French government to censor websites and allow police to upload key loggers and trojans onto people’s computers without their consent has been a heavily debated piece of legislation and now a cybercrime [...]
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. Meanwhile, in Sweden, the election that was once touted as the “forgotten” election, that is, the EU Election, and turned it into a surprisingly [...]
Conference Board of Canada Recalls IP Report
After publishing a report that suggested that Canada was the piracy capital of the world, Michael Geist noticed that the report was plagiarized. Since then, the board stood by their report in spite of intense questions from the public. Now, the final nail in the coffin of those reports – the Board has [...]
Swedish Minister Blasted for Applauding Outcome of The Pirate Bay Trial
The guilty verdict of The Pirate Bay happened well over a month ago, but the controversy surrounding the outcome of the initial trial keeps on coming. Recently, a Swedish minister applauded the guilty verdict, a comment that the Pirate Party of Sweden denounced.
A report from a Swedish news source, SVD, reports (Google translated) that [...]
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 behind leading incumbent parties, it’s still enough to actually win at least one seat in the European Parliament. All this after election problems and [...]
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 of six months. the Swedish minister stressed that nothing is set in stone regarding this, but a theory is already being put forth that [...]
Canada Elects Minority Government, Could Avoid Canadian DMCA Again
Canada was headed into political uncertainty with copyright legislation being successfully pushed under the rug throughout the election this year. For those hoping for a minority government to stop the Canadian DMCA really got their wish at this point in time.
Just minutes ago, the CBC has projected that Canada will be headed into a [...]
Calgarian Digital Rights Activists Organize to Make Copyright Election Issue
Making copyright an election issue has been largely an underground movement. That could change in later legs of the Canadian election if meetings as scheduled in Calgary continue.
Can copyright be an election issue? That’s a tall order considering how other issues like the economy, gas prices, the televised debates and job security have [...]
