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…
Category: Issues
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…
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…
Internet censorship bill delayed, for now. Thanks for fighting it! (September 30, 2010)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is reporting that the Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act (COICA) has been postponed until after the election. This…
Tell your Senators to say no to COICA (September 28, 2010)
The Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is rapidly making its way through the Senate. COICA would allow the Department of Justice…