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Pirate Party Australia Webcast – Episode 2

In this episode Sam does his first pirate profile on himself, we have a short segment from a pirate pub and the second installment of Rick Falkvinge’s History Of Copyright. Subscribe to the feed, or view past episodes.

A transcript of the webcast will be available shortly.

History Of Copyright: No Safe Harbour book Rick [...]

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ALRC Copyright Review Draft Terms of Reference Critique

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Below is Pirate Party Australia’s response to the Attorney-General’s Draft Terms of Reference for the ALRC Copyright Review.

Introduction

Pirate Party Australia is part of an international political movement that promotes the reform of copyright, right to privacy, freedom of expression, and the need for increased governmental transparency, as well as civil and [...]

Pirate Party Applauds iiNet High Court Trial Victory

Pirate Party Australia applauds today’s High Court ruling to uphold the verdict that was handed down in favour of ISP iiNet early last year.

The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) initially sued the ISP over claims that the company had authorised copyright infringement by its subscribers. After losing their appeal to the Australia Federal [...]

Pirate Party Australia Webcast – Episode 1

In our inaugural episode of the Pirate Party Australia Webcast, Sam begins a four-part series of readings from Rick Falkvinge’s “History of Copyright,” and speaks to Simon Frew, Deputy President of Pirate Party Australia, about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Subscribe to the feed, or view past episodes.

A transcript of the webcast is available here.

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TPPA Negotiation Farce Must End: Pirate Party

Pirate Party Australia are disgusted at reports that the United States plans to cancel the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) stakeholder programme[1].

The Party gave a presentation at a stakeholder’s meeting in Melbourne last month, where they criticised the lack of transparency surrounding the TPPA negotiations, as well as the effect it would have on access [...]