Six years after the Pirate Party first appeared on the US political scene, the Internet freedom fighters haven’t gained much of a foothold in American politics. But in Massachusetts, a small group is trying to drum up support for the party’s platforms of defending privacy, reforming copyright laws, abolishing patents, and opposing laws that restrict sharing of content on the Internet.
Formed in 2010 and approved as an official political designation by the state in February 2011, the Massachusetts Pirate Party will host its first conference on Saturday, March 10 in Cambridge’s Democracy Center. “The primary goal is to bring together different people of Pirate persuasion,” Party “Captain” James O’Keefe told Ars.
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