In this episode Sam talks to Thomas Randle about the new website for Pirate Party Australia and also discusses the new movie about The Pirate Bay. Subscribe to the feed, or view past episodes.

Topics
Pirate Party Australia’s New website – Interview with Thomas Randle
The Pirate Bay: Away From Keyboard – new movie released about The Pirate Bay
Event Announcements – See the calendar sidebar

In this episode Sam continues the new season of the webcast which is now also broadcast live as a Google Hangout. Subscribe to the feed, or view past episodes.

Topics:
What happened to episode 5?
This week in Pirate Party Australia:

Policy Development Meetings are held in IRC channel #ppau-pdc (click “Communicate” at the top of the page for more info on IRC)

WTO authorises Antigua to suspend U.S. Copyright

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In this episode Sam begins a brand new season of the webcast which is now also broadcast live as a Google Hangout. Subscribe to the feed, or view past episodes.

Topics:
PPAU Officially Registered
Formation of Policy Development Committee
Aaron Swartz
Launch of Mega file locker
Bit Torrent Sync

In this episode Sam covers some recent news, plays a speech by Simon Frew at a rally for Julian Assange, does a pirate profile on Grant Muir  and reads the fourth and final installment of The History of Copyright. Subscribe to the feed, or view past episodes.

News:
ACTA defeated in European Parliament – Techdirt, Falkvinge
ALRC Copyright Review – ALRC.gov.au
ACT Membership Drive
PPAU Congress 2012 – wiki page

Julian Assange & Wikileaks Support Protest:
YouTube video

Pirate Profile: Grant Muir

History Of Copyright:
No Safe Harbour book
Rick Falkvinge’s Blog (links to the 7 original blog entries)

Quote:
“As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth’s final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.” – from the computer game Alpha Centauri by Sid Meier.

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 Transcript

History Of Copyright:
No Safe Harbour book
Rick Falkvinge’s Blog (links to the 7 original blog entries)

Quote:
“It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.” — Bruce Schneier, http://www.schneier.com/