Patent Troll Bill goes to Senate (December 5, 2013)
The EFF reported that the House of Representatives voted 325-91 in favor of the Innovation Act. Thanks to everyone who told their Congress person…
Category: Issues
NEW LOCATION: Cryptoparty, Dec. 14th, 1-3pm (December 4, 2013)
Pirates Steve and Kendra will hold a cryptoparty with Versus News on Saturday, December 14th from 1pm to 3pm. The main topic will…
Tell Congress: Fight Patent Trolls (December 4, 2013)
The House of Representatives will vote on the Innovation Act of 2013 (H.R. 3309) this week. As the EFF notes, this bill will…
What’s in Your File: Part II, Acxiom (November 25, 2013)
I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a passing reference to Acxiom. Unless you work in marketing, you’ve probably…
Justice for Army Spc. Denis Reynoso! (November 21, 2013)
We hope you will join us in supporting the family of Army Spc. Denis Reynoso on Thursday December 5th. For more information on the necessity…
All day Cryptoparty, This Saturday, Nov. 23, Lowell (November 18, 2013)
This Saturday, from 10am to 6pm, Lowell Makes, a new makerspace in Massachusetts, will be hosting an all-day cryptoparty. It is free though…
First Platform Meeting Today (November 17, 2013)
Today is the first meeting to write our platform. It starts at 2pm and goes until 4pm. We are holding it at the…
A specter is haunting the West (November 16, 2013)
Yesterday, Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to thirteen years for hacking corporate and government computers as part of LulzSec including the Stratfor emails. We planned…
Tell Neal & Capuano to Oppose Fast Tracking TPP (November 15, 2013)
Congress is waking up to the problems of the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty. Already 22 House Republicans and 151 House Democrats have…
TPP IP Chapter Leaked: Internet Beware! (November 14, 2013)
Yesterday, Wikileaks released the entire text of the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. It has everything we feared: Criminalization of copyright infringement; Stronger DRM…