
Robbo sez, "With the CRTC [ed: Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Canada, analogous to Ofcom or FCC] holding hearings on network management, the arrival of the Pirate Party movement in Canada can only be welcome news to those of us participating in the copyfight. While it's not likely they will have much clout within the halls of parliament, the conventional rules of *mis*representation don't apply when a party, political or cultural movement is driven by such a focused issue. It is enough to acheive the means by which it can be raised in debate - not just in parliament but also the media and the streets - so as to ensure public awareness of the actions of elected representatives and to subsequently steer them to the public's will and not be merely (and silently) beholden to the influence of corporate lobbies. Arrrrr, eh?"
Free music, movies for all? Copyright-fighting Pirate Party comes to Canada. (Thanks, Robbo!)
- Swiss Pirate Party - Boing Boing
- Swedish Pirate Party membership surges after Pirate Bay verdict ...
- New Pirate Parties spring up all over Europe - Boing Boing
- Famous Swedish poet explains why he's voting for the Pirate Party ...
- Germans protest new Internet Berlin Wall - Boing Boing
- Pirate Party leader talks strategy and tactics - Boing Boing
- Sweden's Pirate Party - political arm of the pro-piracy ...
- US branch of "Pirate Party" launches - Boing Boing
Eartha Kitt was a great talent and a great social activist in the 1960's on the unjust Vietnam war as detailed in the New York Times Obituary:
"But she took the steeliness with her, in a willful, outspoken manner that mostly served her career, except once. In 1968 she was invited to a White House luncheon and was asked by Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War. She replied: “You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.” The remark reportedly caused Mrs. Johnson to burst into tears and led to a derailment in Ms. Kitt’s career."
She will be MISSED. RIP
Robert