On the FCC’s net neutrality rules (December 22, 2010)
We haven’t read the new FCC net neutrality rules, because you need a Freedom of Information Act request to see them, so we…
Year: 2010
Draft Policy: Term of Copyright (December 6, 2010)
The Massachusetts Pirate Party is debating the term of copyright in order to form a policy on it. The “term” of copyright refers…
Open Thread: Posting and commenting standards (December 5, 2010)
So, we’re just getting all of this started, and as example taken from a couple of my favorite blogs, I figured I’d try…
Draft Position on the TSA and Travel Security (December 3, 2010)
At our last general meeting, we decided to post a draft position a week to get feedback and refine the policies we want…
Wikileaks’ Benefit to Democracy (December 3, 2010)
With calls for the head of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, and Amazon.com’s government prompted censorship of Wikileaks, after the release of the latest…
Weekly chat will be this Sunday at 10pm (December 1, 2010)
The Mass. Pirate Party weekly chat is every Sunday at 10pm. To get on: Go to www.mibbit.com Click the Launch Mibbit WebChat button…
We want your input on our next meeting (November 29, 2010)
We are scheduling our next meeting and we want your input on when it should be. If you think you will attend, please…
COICA Likely Dead for the Lame Duck Session (November 19, 2010)
PC Magazine is reporting that Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, would put a hold on the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act…
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves COICA Censorship Bill (November 18, 2010)
We are one step closer to emulating the censorship of China and other authoritarian regimes. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the Combating…
COICA internet censorship bill is back. Help fight it! (November 16, 2010)
The Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is being reintroduced and may be put to a vote before the Senate Judiciary Committee…