The founder and former leader of the Swedish Pirate Party has penned a damning article against Chris Hensen, the Netherlands judge who not only ordered the Dutch Pirate Party to remove links to torrent site The Pirate Bay, but forced last year’s shut down of FTD, the Netherlands’ largest Usenet community.
Walk the polling plank, ye landlubbers! It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Scuttlebutt from over the briny seas says that the German Pirate party has ransacked the mainland, taking a seat in the Berlin parliament.
Something tells me Hollywood isn’t going to ‘like’ this one bit. TorrentFreak reports that the Czech Pirate Party is launching a movie download portal that it describes as a ‘Facebook for Movies’.
Stephen Conroy cops a lot of flak. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already read a plethora of articles outlining various reasons why his plan won’t work, why it is a waste of money, why it could actually harm children, and infringe on our freedoms. I’m going to look at things from a different angle and start by telling you why Stephen Conroy is an underrated genius.
It makes sense that anyone involved (or even anyone with a real interest) in today’s iiNet vs AFACT court ruling would prepare a statement for either outcome. Then, when the victor was announced, they could send the appropriate release. But the Australian Pirate Party was über-keen, sending out a press release for both outcomes just after midnight last night.
Heck, if it works in Europe, why not Australia? I received a press release from the Australian Pirate Party yesterday, boldly stating that they are planning to register as an official Australian political party and calling for 500 founding members to pony up a $20 donation each so they can become official.
