The success last year of the Swedish Pirate Party in the European Parliament elections was considered a bit of a fluke by some. However when the votes were in, Christian Engström and Amelia Andersdotter were elected MEPs after the party collected over 7% of the vote. While Ms Andersdotter isn’t seated yet (as one of the [...]
The death of Senator Ted Kennedy in August may have disrupted American politics, but some are hoping to capitalise on it. One such person is Ken Takusagawa, who is running as an independent write-in candidate, with a Free Culture Platform
The United States Congress is set to provide $30 million dollars to fund efforts with the aim of curbing piracy. The money, earmarked as part a bill passed last year, will be used for grants, new FBI agents, and to further prosecution.
Following an official press release recently that the Pirate Party of Australia is now accepting members, a scathing editorial was written in the Sydney Morning Herald. Such a response was expected, but this tone usually changes when they receive support from thousands of followers.
A Liberal Democrat MP asked the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills several copyright related questions which received responses yesterday. They cover ’3 Strikes’, throttling and the impact of both.
Elements of the new election manifesto of Sweden’s Left Party bare a striking resemblance to those of the Pirate Party, but meet with approval from Rick Falkvinge.
Germany’s new Government coalition has spoken out against legislation that will allow alleged pirated to be disconnected from the Internet. The two parties, CDU and FDP, agree that such a law is not going to solve the piracy ‘problem’.
Following pressure from the music industry, Ireland’s largest Internet provider Eircom announced that it would start blocking customers access to The Pirate Bay in September. Censorship or a good way to prevent copyright infringement?
The Pirate Party of Finland have just informed FreakBits that today they have been added to the official party registry. They will focus on protecting civil rights and expanding freedom of information.
After its success in the European Parliamentary elections, The Swedish Pirate Party will run in both the general and local elections next year, according to an announcement made today by party leader Rick Falkvinge.
There’s an old saying, that things don’t go away if you ignore them. Someone might want to remind the German Young Liberals about that. The Young Liberals, the third biggest youth party in Germany advised its members to ignore the Pirate Party and not give them any air time.
The Swedish Pirate Party has won a seat at the European Parliament two months ago, and they are now preparing for the Swedish general election that will be held on September 19, 2010. A new campaign video is receiving rave reviews on Youtube.
