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At last it is victory for the “Pirates” in Massachusetts after their hard work. The Massachusetts Election Division finally said “YES” to the Massachusetts Pirate Party as a political designation. A voter in the state is now allowed to register as a “Pirate”. The United States Pirate Party that was organized in 2006 passed through a long recognition process. It took some time for this party to be recognized.

Having been given the official approval, the party can already start working toward its vision and mission. The party has always openly expressed its ideals and tried to live up to them. They endeavor to “increase government transparency, promote personal privacy, reinforce the spread of knowledge through copyright reform, and abolish patents.”

The party strives to make major reforms in the subject of personal privacy. They said that the government should not use the 9/11 occurrence to amplify its surveillance and domination over citizens. The PATRIOT ACT, wiretapping, surveillance cameras are only a few of the government’s ways of curtailing privacy of people. Also, in order to get more work out of their employees, corporations have increased their spying activities.

The party is also trying to look at the subject of government transparency. The party believes that citizens should have more control of their democratic future. This can be accomplished if people have familiarity about what the government does. The government has reduced its obligation to abiding by open meeting laws. They have also increased closed door deals that help mostly corporations. Additionally, they enter into deals involving public information being sold to private interests. These are detrimental to democracy and privacy.

The Massachusetts Pirate Party has criticized the government for not giving people the opportunity to live up to the old ideals. These ideals are those of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. With the government intensifying the powers of corporations, they have overpowered the people. The party states that all efforts should be realized so that these ideals will be lived once more and be real for all.

As announced by the party’s organizer, the party is in the process of training activists. Once finished, they will work for organizing and building local chapters. The first action is killing the Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act (COICA). The government should not be empowered to “take down any web domain found to host copyrighted material without permission”. Then, it will be focusing on legislation’s that it should support or oppose. There is so much hope that the party will find its bright future in Massachusetts.

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