Mass Mesh Network Meeting Tuesday

Publiced at February 10, 2019

The next Mass. Mesh Net weekly tech meetup is this Tuesday, 7-9pm. It will be at Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge. You can find them at https://massmesh.org/ including instructions for how to setup a mesh router. They have four different off the shelf types you can purchase and setup at their... Read more →

News you might have missed

Publiced at February 8, 2019

We keep up with the latest news on privacy, surveillance, DRM and government corporate subsidies among many topics. Below are some of the articles we found. You can follow us on Twitter to see the latest news we find. Online Piracy Can Be Good for Business, Researchers Find YouTube Strikes N... Read more →

Please Sign the Moratorium on Boston Sex Worker Arrests

Publiced at February 7, 2019

Sex workers cannot turn to police if threatened or attacked. We have created a petition to tell Boston Police Commissioner William G. Gross to implement a moratorium on arrests of Boston sex workers. We have 123 signatures and would appreciate your signature and your help in sharing it. Thank yo... Read more →

Monthly Pirate meetups coming to you

Publiced at February 6, 2019

We are starting monthly Pirate meetups this month. The first will be in the Boston-area. March's meetup will be in Lowell. April's will be in Worcester. We will discuss our plans for 2019, work on our platform for the 2020 elections and teach people how to run for office and protect their privacy... Read more →

Hollywood rakes in nearly $90 million in Massachusetts revenue

Publiced at January 10, 2019

We have long opposed the Massachusetts Film Tax Credit. Two years ago we noted that in 2014, Hollywood took us for $64.5 million. In 2015, the cost in revenue was $72.5 million. The numbers are out for 2016 and we lost $88.8 million in revenue that year. Giving money to Hollywood is bad enough. D... Read more →

Mass Mesh Network Meeting Tuesday

Publiced at January 7, 2019

The first Mass. Mesh Net weekly tech meetup of 2019 is this Tuesday, 7-9pm. It will be at Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge. You can find them at https://massmesh.org/ including instructions for how to setup a mesh router. Read more →

Thanks for stopping HR.6729!

Publiced at January 6, 2019

HR.6729, which passed in the US House of Representatives, would have allowed warrantless searches of our bank accounts. Thankfully, it never got a hearing in the US Senate and now that the 115th Congress is over, it is dead.  Thanks to everyone who signed our petition to urge Senators Warren and Mar... Read more →

Happy Public Domain Day!

Publiced at January 1, 2019

For the first time in 20 years, new works will enter the public domain in the United States. Copyrighted works entering the public domain were put on hold by the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, aka the the Mickey Mouse Protection Act, which extended the term of copyright from the life of the a... Read more →

Sign the Moratorium on Boston Sex Worker Arrests

Publiced at December 30, 2018

At our vigil to end violence against sex workers we called for Boston Police Commissioner William G. Gross to implement a moratorium on arrests of Boston sex workers.  We have created a petition to raise the call further and to remember sex workers lost to violence in 2018.  We would appreciate ... Read more →

Pirate News: Government Shutdown

Publiced at December 29, 2018

Pirate officers Malt, Joseph and James discuss the federal government shutdown: Happy New Year! Read more →

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