Tonight: Stop DRM in HTML, Cambridge (March 20, 2016)
Today from 6:45pm to 7:30pm we will participate in a rally with the FSF, Defective by Design, and other anti-DRM groups to tell…
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No Taxpayer Giveaways to Video Game Makers This Year! (March 17, 2016)
H.2487 and H.2606, which would have extended the film tax credit to video game companies, is dead. The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Revenue voted to…
PirateCon 2016 will be June 25th (March 16, 2016)
We put out a questionnaire to decide the date for PirateCon 2016 and its focus. Based on the results, we chose Saturday, June…
Wednesday: Stop the DARK Act in the Senate! (March 15, 2016)
H.R. 1599 (nicknamed the DARK Act because it would Deny Consumers the Right to Know) passed the U.S. House of Representatives last summer and…
TODAY: Call to support Bodycams & demilitarizing police (March 15, 2016)
The Public Safety Committee is still deciding whether to report out favorably two bills we support: H.2169 (municipal control of military equipment by…
We Want Your Input on the Public Records Bill (March 7, 2016)
Bills tend to be diffs of the existing law, which makes identifying exactly what the bill does more difficult than it should be.…
Help select the date of PirateCon 2016 (March 7, 2016)
June seems like the best time for PirateCon 2016. We need your help choosing the date and location. If you can help us…
Upcoming cryptoparties (March 3, 2016)
Upcoming cryptoparties: The Somerville cryptoparty crew will be at LibrePlanet on March 19-20 and will help people learn to protect their privacy at…
Pirates Can Vote in Tuesday’s Presidential Primary (February 29, 2016)
UPDATE: If your poll worker is confused about whether you can vote (our code is X just so you know), then you can…
Tuesday’s no phone backdoor rally was a success (February 29, 2016)
Tuesday’s Rally in support of keeping our phones secure went well and got a lot of media attention. Quartermaster & Arlington town meeting…