Swedish Pirate Party to Vote on PPI Membership April 24, 2015 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News Members of the Swedish Pirate Party will vote to decide whether or not to terminate the Party’s Observer Membership status within Pirate Parties International (PPI). This vote follows the termination of PPI membership by Pirate Party Australia, Pirate Party UK… About Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer I’ve been a member of Pirate Party Australia since 2011. I am the current Press and Inquiries Officer, and was previously on the board of Pirate Party Australia, as well as overseeing policy development. I was also once a member of the Pirate Parties International Court of …

PPAU delivers application to PPI Court of Arbitration December 20, 2014 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News On Friday 19 December 2014, Pirate Party Australia (PPAU) submitted a formal application to the Pirate Parties International (PPI) Court of Arbitration relating to future affiliation fees of PPI. A copy of that application was provided to leaders of other Pirate Parties and publicised in the relevant channels on the PirateIRC network. The application contends that no conclusive vote was conducted at the Paris 2014 General Assembly conference to establish a mechanism for determining affiliation fees. Under Article XVI(2) of the PPI Statutes, fees must be fixed according to the finances and membership of member parties. The …

PPAU Translates Landmark Pirate Bay Case December 14, 2014 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News In late August 2014 I was working on a submission to the Australian Government’s Online Copyright Infringement discussion paper. The Government was canvassing new measures to “tackle” the “problem” of online copyright infringement, and this was one of many opportunities for the Pirate Party to provide evidence and argument to a public consultation. The key proposals were some sort of notification scheme for alleged infringements (speculated to be graduated response), extending the liability of Internet service providers (ISPs), and allowing copyright holders to seek injunctions against ISPs that would require ISPs to block access allegedly …

Pirate Party Australia Registers as a Political Party January 21, 2013 · by Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer · in Pirate Party News Pirate Party Australia announced today, 21 January 2012 that its application for registration as a federal political party passed all tests and is now on the register of political parties. PPAU was founded in 2009 and is well on its way to being a force in Australian politics. The Party quietly submitted its application in late 2012, and objections to the Party’s registration closed on the 14th of January this year. “Organising and validating a membership database to then submit to the AEC for the purposes of registration is a daunting …