We have two great events in the Boston area over the next two weekends that we look forward to and a fun opportunity to challenge standard ideas about intellectual privilege (IP) laws.<\/p>\n
First, like last year, we will be at Art Beat festival in Somerville this Saturday from 12:30pm to 2:30pm<\/strong>.\u00a0 We will be there to register voters, hand out our regular flier, tell folks about next week’s Pirate Picnic, and hand out copies of Nina Paley’s Mimi & Eunice’s Intellectual Pooperty Minibook.<\/p>\n If you want to help us out please either sign up at our Facebook event page<\/a> or contact us directly.\u00a0 You can reach us at info@masspirates.org<\/a> or call \/ txt us at (617) 863-6277 (MAPP).<\/p>\n Second, on Saturday, July 23rd, noon-6pm<\/strong>, we are joining with Boston Freedom of Information to host the 2011 Pirate Picnic<\/strong> on George’s Island in Boston Harbor.\u00a0 We will be taking the noon ferry from the Boston Long Wharf-North landing and will be there until 6pm.<\/p>\n We will have a picnic, games, costume contests, as well political discussion and trainings.\u00a0 We want to know what activities you want to see so either tells on our Facebook event page<\/a> or contact us.\u00a0 You can reach us at info@masspirates.org<\/a> or call \/ txt us at (617) 863-6277 (MAPP).\u00a0 Please tell us if you will be at the picnic so we can get a head count.<\/p>\n It will be a great afternoon of geek politics, activism, and fun.\u00a0 We hope you can make it!<\/p>\n We have 1000 copies of cartoonist Nina Paley<\/a>‘s free Mimi & Eunice<\/a>‘s Intellectual Pooperty Minibook<\/a> that we offered to distribute throughout Massachusetts.\u00a0 Nina really grasps the potential that the internet provides to bring supporters and artists together without large corporations taking a cut.\u00a0 Because of her dedication to share her work<\/a> without the limits of copyright, we want to help promote this free book.<\/p>\n We need your help to distribute them all.\u00a0 You don’t need to stand on a street corner and hand them out.\u00a0 Simply asking your local book or comic store, library or music club if you can put them out for people to take would be great.<\/p>\nPirate Party Picnic, next Saturday, July 23rd<\/h2>\n
Speaking of Intellectual Pooperty<\/h2>\n