Pirate Party Australia

Pirate Party Australia Webcast – Episode 3

Sam Kearns — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:14:55 +0000

In this episode Sam covers some recent news and reads the third installment of The History of Copyright. Subscribe to the feed, or view past episodes.

News: yeslab.org: TPPA Gate crashers smh.com.au: Super Warrants delimiter.com.au: Piracy FOI Request Rejected dw.de: Pro-copyright Group “We Are The Creators” aph.gov.au: Joint Standing Committee on Treaties – May 7 [...]

Pirate Party Furious at Attorney-General’s “Super Warrant” Proposal

ppau_wp_admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:05 +0000

Pirate Party Australia is furious that the Attorney-General’s Department is considering expansive additions to Australia’s already overbearing ‘security theatre’ operations[1].

The Attorney-General’s Department is proposing a “super warrant” system that can grant ASIO sweeping investigative powers for six months. This currently requires much greater judicial oversight.

“It seems to now be a weekly occurrence that [...]

Pirate Party Australia Webcast – Episode 2

Sam Kearns — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:51:01 +0000

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 [...]

ALRC Copyright Review Draft Terms of Reference Critique

ppau_wp_admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:27:19 +0000

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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

ppau_wp_admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:05:07 +0000

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

Sam Kearns — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:07:15 +0000

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

ppau_wp_admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:08:43 +0000

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 [...]

Censorship is never a positive outcome, says Pirate Party

Brendan Molloy — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:48:44 +0000

Pirate Party Australia is bemused by the remarks of Senator Steven Conroy, Communications Minister, who recently remarked that he sees “a very positive outcome” for the future of Internet censorship in Australia[1].

Senator Conroy’s remarks come at a time when Australia’s telecommunications industry has become increasingly cautious of publicly commenting on any of the current [...]

Pirate Party Disgusted By Rampant Government Secrecy

Brendan Molloy — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:02:09 +0000

Pirate Party Australia condemns the actions of Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, who has refused to release documents regarding mass starvation in East Timor, despite the fact that they are up to 37 years old[1].

Revelations that the documents could “reveal Australian complicity in concealing the mass starvation of 100,000 East Timorese” highlights the real need for [...]

Pirate Party Australia’s Presentation to Trans-Pacific Partnership Stakeholders Meeting in Melbourne

Brendan Molloy — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:41:06 +0000

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Here is the speech that was presented by Pirate Party Australia President David Campbell at 11.45am at the TPPA stakeholders meeting in Melbourne. Thanks to Simon Frew (Deputy President) for authoring the speech and Mozart Palmer (Media Relations) for his contributions.

Pirate Party Australia, like many other attendees at the intellectual property [...]