August 10th, 2025 Meeting - Revision history

Jokeefe at 14:10, 11 August 2025

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	Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/		Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/

	Recording:		Recording: https://youtu.be/hvCSCDMpJMw

	== Reports ==		== Reports ==

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	Bills to Review		Bills to Review
	*		* https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2467. Appreciate the focus on decriminalization. Involves a variety of stakeholders. No time period specified for producing the report, or guarantee that the report will be public. Support, with caveats.
			* https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1747. Support.
			* https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2634. Support.

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	Voter Outreach		Voter Outreach
	* On hiatus right now, due to vacations		* On hiatus right now, due to vacations
			* 2026 campaign plan drafted

			Bills to Review
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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==

			Reports
			* Email update went out
			* We have an events calendar on website.
			* Virtual meeting of Boston Public Safety Committee. Police want to use three tools for monitoring social medial. Starts at 4pm.

			Boston Anarchist Bookfair
			* Nov 1st and 2nd.
			* We're interested in tabling. Will reach out to warrantless.org to see if they're interested in sharing a table, as we have in the past.

			USPP
			* Meeting tonight at 9pm Eastern

			Voter Outreach
			* On hiatus right now, due to vacations

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Participants

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	== Participants ==		== Participants ==

			* Jamie
			* Steve

	=== Observers ===		=== Observers ===

	== Summary ==		== Summary ==

Jokeefe at 00:03, 11 August 2025

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	Leader: Jamie		Leader: Jamie

	Jamie and Alec drafted a [[2026 Campaign Plan]] for review and approval.		Jamie and Alec drafted a [[2026 Campaign Plan]] for review and approval.

			Notified members.

	=== Pirate News ===		=== Pirate News ===
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	=== Commonwealth Bills to Review ===		=== Commonwealth Bills to Review ===

	* An Act to promote transparency of facial recognition and driver's license photos ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1731 S.1731))
	* An Act to implement the recommendations of the special commission on facial recognition technology ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1946 H.1946]/[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1053 S.1053])
	* An Act relative to unmanned aerial systems ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3749 H.3749] / [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2438 S.2438])		* An Act relative to unmanned aerial systems ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3749 H.3749] / [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2438 S.2438])
	* An Act relative to protecting Massachusetts residents against federal government surveillance ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2687 H.2687])		* An Act relative to protecting Massachusetts residents against federal government surveillance ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2687 H.2687])
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	* An Act to provide accountability in the use of biometric recognition technology and comprehensive enforcement ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H96 H.96]/[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S36 S.36])		* An Act to provide accountability in the use of biometric recognition technology and comprehensive enforcement ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H96 H.96]/[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S36 S.36])
	* Civil Asset Forfeiture reform ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1953 H.1953])		* Civil Asset Forfeiture reform ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1953 H.1953])
			* An Act to promote transparency of facial recognition and driver's license photos ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1731 S.1731))
			* An Act to implement the recommendations of the special commission on facial recognition technology ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1946 H.1946]/[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1053 S.1053])
			* H.1946/ An Act to implement the recommendations of the special commission on facial recognition technology. We support the warrant requirements, and the bills provisions for transparency and reporting.

	=== Federal Bills to Review ===		=== Federal Bills to Review ===

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	** American Copyright Protection Act (Not yet posted) [https://torrentfreak.com/unveiled-new-u-s-anti-piracy-bill-acpa-proposes-alternative-site-blocking-path/ ...more])		** American Copyright Protection Act (Not yet posted) [https://torrentfreak.com/unveiled-new-u-s-anti-piracy-bill-acpa-proposes-alternative-site-blocking-path/ ...more])
	** ... more on the bills at https://torrentfreak.com/fears-of-overblocking-unite-critics-of-u-s-pirate-site-blocking-bill/		** ... more on the bills at https://torrentfreak.com/fears-of-overblocking-unite-critics-of-u-s-pirate-site-blocking-bill/
	* ~~Kids Online Safety~~ Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/~~1748~~/text S.~~1748~~])		* The SCREEN Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/737/text S.737])
	* Pro Codes Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4009/text H.R.4009] [https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/23/congress-wants-to-let-private-companies-own-the-law/ ...more]		* Pro Codes Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4009/text H.R.4009] [https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/23/congress-wants-to-let-private-companies-own-the-law/ ...more]
	* American Music Fairness Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/861/text H.R.861])		* American Music Fairness Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/861/text H.R.861])

			We already opposed the Kids Online Safety Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748/text S.1748])

	=== A reconsideration of Member Meeting Articles ===		=== A reconsideration of Member Meeting Articles ===

Jokeefe at 15:35, 4 August 2025

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	== Decisions/Endorsements ==		== Decisions/Endorsements ==

			=== Attend Anarchist Bookfair? ===

			BABF is 11/1-2. Should we have a table with Restore the 4th? Does anyone want to offer a talk?

	=== United States Pirate Party Issues? ===		=== United States Pirate Party Issues? ===

Jokeefe at 22:03, 3 August 2025

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	=== Federal Bills to Review ===		=== Federal Bills to Review ===

	* [https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/ Senators working on a bill that would repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act]. Section 230 is the primary reason we have freedom of speech on the Internet. [https://www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-section-230-communications-decency-act/ See this explainer]. We have long supported Section 230 implicitly, but we never wrote up a statement why. Including why we support free speech seems important right now, as well. Possible statement:

	~~<nowiki>~~
	~~Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA230), specifically section 230(c) which reads:~~

	~~(c)Protection for “Good Samaritan” blocking and screening of offensive material~~
	~~(1)Treatment of publisher or speaker~~
	~~No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.~~

	~~(2)Civil liability~~
	~~No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of—~~
	(A)any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected; or
	~~(B)any action taken to enable or make available to information content providers or others the technical means to restrict access to material described in paragraph (1)~~

	~~is the reason we have user shared content on millions of sites around the Internet. It is what protects the comment sections of our site and all others on the Internet.~~

	Efforts to tamper with Section 230 have made people worse off and harmed our 1st Amendment rights. With FOSTA and SESTA, Congress excluded consensual sex work from Section 230 protections. The resulting law has made consensual sex work more difficult and more dangerous for sex workers while not stopping sex-focused human trafficking.

	~~The Massachusetts Pirate Party categorically opposes efforts to exclude any human activity from Section 230 protections or to limit or expire Section 230 protections in whole or in part.~~
	~~</nowiki>~~

	* Anti-File Sharing bills:		* Anti-File Sharing bills:

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New page

Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/

Recording:

== Reports ==

== Decisions/Endorsements ==

=== United States Pirate Party Issues? ===

== Projects/Events ==

=== 2025 Voter Outreach ===

Leader: Jamie

Based on Mass. Election Division data, we have 721 voters. Alec is contacting all of the municipalities that have not fulfilled our public records request.

=== 2026 Campaigns ===

Leader: Jamie

Jamie and Alec drafted a [[2026 Campaign Plan]] for review and approval.

=== Pirate News ===

Leader: Joseph

* Pirate news recording scheduled for every other Sunday, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

=== Commonwealth Bills to Review ===

* An Act to promote transparency of facial recognition and driver's license photos ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1731 S.1731))
* An Act to implement the recommendations of the special commission on facial recognition technology ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1946 H.1946]/[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1053 S.1053])
* An Act relative to unmanned aerial systems ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3749 H.3749] / [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2438 S.2438])
* An Act relative to protecting Massachusetts residents against federal government surveillance ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2687 H.2687])
* Dignity Not Deportations Act ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1588 H.1588] / [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1122 S.1122])
* Right to Repair Bills:
** [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H433 H.433] & [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S189 S.189]
** [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H398 H.398]
** [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1278 H.1278] (Hearing occurred)
* Decrim Sex Work Bills from https://bswac.org/. Emailed Rikki and Desmond their thoughts on them as they are the most up to date on the issue:
** An Act to promote the health and safety of people in the sex trade ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1980 H.1980])
** An Act to study the decriminalization of sex work ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2467 H.2467])
** An Act relative to safe reporting ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1747 H.1747])
** An Act relative to sexual assault by an officer ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2634 H.2634])

Here is [https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MassPirates_2025_Bills_To_Review an etherpad for people to offer suggestions].

==== Bills We Decided On ====

* An Act to provide accountability in the use of biometric recognition technology and comprehensive enforcement ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H96 H.96]/[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S36 S.36])
* Civil Asset Forfeiture reform ([https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1953 H.1953])

=== Federal Bills to Review ===

* [https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/ Senators working on a bill that would repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act]. Section 230 is the primary reason we have freedom of speech on the Internet. [https://www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-section-230-communications-decency-act/ See this explainer]. We have long supported Section 230 implicitly, but we never wrote up a statement why. Including why we support free speech seems important right now, as well. Possible statement:

<nowiki>
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA230), specifically section 230(c) which reads:

(c)Protection for “Good Samaritan” blocking and screening of offensive material
(1)Treatment of publisher or speaker
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.

(2)Civil liability
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of—
(A)any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected; or
(B)any action taken to enable or make available to information content providers or others the technical means to restrict access to material described in paragraph (1)

is the reason we have user shared content on millions of sites around the Internet. It is what protects the comment sections of our site and all others on the Internet.

Efforts to tamper with Section 230 have made people worse off and harmed our 1st Amendment rights. With FOSTA and SESTA, Congress excluded consensual sex work from Section 230 protections. The resulting law has made consensual sex work more difficult and more dangerous for sex workers while not stopping sex-focused human trafficking.

The Massachusetts Pirate Party categorically opposes efforts to exclude any human activity from Section 230 protections or to limit or expire Section 230 protections in whole or in part.
</nowiki>

* Anti-File Sharing bills:
** Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/791/text H.R.791]) - [https://torrentfreak.com/new-bill-aims-to-block-foreign-pirate-sites-in-the-u-s-250129/ ...more]
** American Copyright Protection Act (Not yet posted) [https://torrentfreak.com/unveiled-new-u-s-anti-piracy-bill-acpa-proposes-alternative-site-blocking-path/ ...more])
** ... more on the bills at https://torrentfreak.com/fears-of-overblocking-unite-critics-of-u-s-pirate-site-blocking-bill/
* Kids Online Safety Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748/text S.1748])
* Pro Codes Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4009/text H.R.4009] [https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/23/congress-wants-to-let-private-companies-own-the-law/ ...more]
* American Music Fairness Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/861/text H.R.861])

=== A reconsideration of Member Meeting Articles ===

We haven't adhered to our [https://masspirates.org/wiki/Articles_of_Agreement Articles of Agreement]'s [https://masspirates.org/wiki/Articles_of_Agreement#Article_4.0:_Member_Meetings Member Meetings section] strictly since we have existed, specifically the [ https://masspirates.org/wiki/Articles_of_Agreement#4.2_Form Form] and [https://masspirates.org/wiki/Articles_of_Agreement#4.2_Time Time] sections. Meetings have met weekly and bi-weekly (our current form) and not twice a year each over six weeks.

Rework them to:

* Have a section on conferences (possible spring/fall, at least one a year)
* Rework the member meetings to be on-line at least once a month
* Set when elections for the pirate council is and that we can elect people at a conference or on-line by secret ballot

Working on a draft document at https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPPRevisedMemberMeetingsArticles

=== Other To Do ===

== Upcoming Events ==

== Participants ==

=== Observers ===

== Summary ==