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New York Piracy Law Smells Fishy Says Pirates

A new anti-piracy law, proposed yesterday by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been criticized as pointless pandering to lobby groups, and ‘cronyism’. Worse, the bill is based on date from the widely discredited LEK study of 2006.

Lessig Questions Pirate Party’s Existence

At a preview of his new ‘Change Congress’ project, the Stanford professor took a swipe at the Pirate Party of the United States. Whilst expressing skepticism about it’s utility, his main criticism seemed to be the name.

US Pirate Party Endorses Barack Obama

The US Pirate Party has no candidate for the upcoming elections, but who do the pirates vote for? Barack Obama, and the party strongly urges all its members to support his campaign, and vote for him in the primaries, and later this year in November.

Hessians Hope to Weave Election Magic

27th January 2008 will see only the second election worldwide to include a Pirate Party on the ballot. It will not, however, be in Sweden, but the German state of Hesse, in south-west Germany.

Swedish Pirates Stand Up Publicly To Stay Anonymous

The Swedish Pirate Party (piratpartiet) held rallies across Sweden in an attempt to bolster support for strengthening personal privacy. The events, in Malmö and Stockholm, were aimed at raising awareness of a new bill due next week.

Polish Pirate Party Files for Registration

The existence of a Polish Pirate Party (or Partia Piratów) may seem to the uneducated as something of a joke. However, it is soon to join only Sweden, Germany, Austria, and Spain in having a full Pirate Party.

German Pirate Party Celebrates First Birthday

The German Pirate Party, or Piratenpartei Deutschland (PIRATEN, for short) just celebrated it’s one-year birthday, and we had the opportunity to sit down with one of their party to have a little chat, to explore their aims and goals for the next year, as well as look at what they have already achieved over the last 12 months.

MPAA: Pirate Party Politicians Are Illegitimate Thieves

Last year Pirate Parties were formed all over the world. Their main goal is to protect privacy, culture, and knowledge. The MPAA is not happy with politicians they can’t buy fund, and labels them as illegitimate thieves.

US Pirate Party Starts in Utah

The Pirate Party of the United States, a sister organization to the Swedish Piratpartiet, has officially announced that it is forming a state party in Utah. This is the first state that this burgeoning political party has announced it is forming in.

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