Pirate News: 2024 Election (November 4, 2024)
Our state rep. candidate, Joseph Onoroski, First officer Steve and James talk about Tuesday’s election, how the legislature can rewrite any ballot questions…
Category: Copyright
Pirate News: Radiohead supports file sharing, but the copyright holder cracks down (August 21, 2024)
Joe, Eli and James discuss three copyright and corporate greed stories with a side of Radiohead’s support of file sharing. The show goes…
Realtors try to halt Transfer Tax (June 10, 2024)
Eli, Steve and James discuss the real estate industry’s attempts to stop the Massachusetts legislature from letting cities and towns adopt a real…
House UnAmerican Activities (May 27, 2024)
In the latest Pirate News, Joe, Steve and James discuss Congressional attempts to silence associations with TikTok, Texas’ Porn Hub ban and some…
Cory Doctorow Enshittification discussion at Harvard, Thursday, 6pm (April 9, 2024)
This Thursday, 6-7pm, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center will host Enshittification, Disenshittification and The Bezzle: Cory Doctorow in conversation with Randall Munroe. Unfortunately, it…
Pirate News: Copyright vs AI (February 4, 2024)
In this delayed Pirate News, Joe, Steve and James discussed the Copyright and AI, our latest activities and the latest news that crossed…
Pirate News: Public Domain Day 2024 (January 8, 2024)
Yesterday’s Pirate News, Steve, Joe and James talked about this year’s Public Domain Day. We also discussed a company misusing trademark law to…
Pirate News This Sunday: Public Domain Day 2024 (January 6, 2024)
On this Sunday’s Pirate News at 7:30pm Eastern, Steve, Joe and James talk about this year’s Public Domain Day and all of the…
Welcome to the Public Domain, Micky! (January 1, 2024)
Rejoice! Rejoice! Public Domain Day is here! We can now enjoy works created in 1928 free of the shackles of copyright! Mickey Mouse…
Tue/Wed: Pirate Parties Screen Internet’s Own Boy (November 6, 2023)
Aaron Swartz, born on November 8th, 1986, was an activist dedicated to an open Internet, freedom and transparency. He was hounded by the…