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Canada Post Sues GeoCoder.ca Over Postal Code Database

Canada Post has filed a lawsuit against GeoCoder.ca over GeoCoder’s crowdsourced ’Canadian Postal Code Geocoded Database’. The case will involve complicated questions over the extent of copyright and ability of copyright infringement to be filed against independent production.

This case highlights attempts by copyright holders to ever expand the scope of their ‘rights’ at the …

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Pirate Parties International: The New Board

Europe is all abuzz with the latest successes of the Pirate Party in Germany, who are currently running with double-digit approval rating in polls, thereby making it the #3 party in Germany (1). The successes of Sweden, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and the astounding success in Germany have moved the party forward throughout the eyes …

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PRESS RELEASE - Pirate Party of Canada mirrors Canadian WikiLeaks Data

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC - April 6, 2022 - The Pirate Party has hoisted a mirror of all Canadian WikiLeaks to date on their private torrent tracker, CaPT. The release is hoped to spark debate in Canada over the importance of whistle-blowing and high quality investigative journalism. The files can be …

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Robocalls Highlight Need For Electoral Reform

Vancouver, BC - Right now there is a massive scandal in the news involving ‘robocalls’. At the heart of this scandal are telephone messages. many of them automated, in which Elections Canada was impersonated and people were directed to the wrong polling stations. These messages very likely had the intended effect of disenfranchising voters.

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Pirate Party of Canada Condemns lawsuit based on Facebook updates

The Pirate Party of Canada condemns Thursday’s filing of a lawsuit by a mining company in British Columbia against its environmental critics on the basis of Facebook posts and website updates. The Wilderness Committee was founded as a non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving Canadian natural heritage more than thirty years ago. For the past twenty …

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