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| Pirate Parties On Course for Historic Election Wins Posted: 10 Apr 2012 03:47 PM PDT
The Party currently has dozens of members in elected offices across Germany, which is more than in all other countries combined. Most notable is the unprecedented win in the elections for the Berlin state parliament last summer, where the Pirates got 9 percent of the vote. Continuing this success the Party is now conquering the rest of Germany. For the first time in its history the Pirate Party is now virtually the third largest party in Germany, achieving 13% of the total vote in a recent poll. The Pirate Party surpassed the Green Party, which peaked at 11%. In common with all other Pirate Parties across the world, the German Pirate Party's policy focuses around three pillars; shared culture, free knowledge, and fundamental privacy. Based on recent poll results, these key points appeal to a wide audience. While the results of the polls are promising, there is still a long way to go. The next federal elections are held late 2013, more than a year away.
Illustrating that the Pirates are not a fringe group, 22% of the respondents said they could see themselves voting for the Party in the coming elections. The coming months will be crucial for both parties, as they have to keep the momentum going towards the new elections. Being in the spotlight is great for as long as there’s good news to sell. Times can change quickly as we’ve seen in Sweden, where support for the local Pirate Party plunged a year after the European elections, resulting in a failed election bid in 2010. Time will tell whether Europe is ready for the Pirates now. Pirate’s campaign poster
Source: Pirate Parties On Course for Historic Election Wins
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| Megaupload Host Refuses to Delete User Data and Evidence, For Now Posted: 10 Apr 2012 06:44 AM PDT
The DoJ and Megaupload couldn’t reach an agreement and as a result several parties are now fighting over the data, all for very different reasons. The government’s position is somewhat confusing. Initially the authorities argued that they had no interest in the data at all, but when Carpathia Hosting made a deal with Megaupload to sell the servers for $1,000,000, the feds backpedaled. The government does not trust Megaupload with the data and would rather see it deleted. But Carpathia refuses to do so, as Megaupload, the EFF and even the MPAA all believe that would be a bad idea. Megaupload has argued before the court that the servers hold important evidence, and has accused the feds of wanting to purposefully destroy it so the file-hoster becomes hindered when mounting its defense. "In essence, the government has taken what it wants from the scene of the alleged crime and is content that the remaining evidence, even if it is exculpatory or otherwise relevant to the defense, be destroyed," Mega’s defense wrote to the court. And Megaupload is not the only party interested in keeping the data intact. The EFF is representing a user who is demanding the return of his personal files, and the MPAA wants the data to be preserved for civil cases the movie studios may file against Megaupload. In an attempt to save the data, all parties except the government have asked Judge O’Grady to come up with a solution to prevent Carpathia from having to wipe the servers clean. In a filing to the court yesterday, the hosting company makes its position clear. Without an opinion from the court, they are refusing to delete the data as the government is suggesting. “Carpathia is in no position to decide whether to destroy or keep the data without guidance from this Court. Defendants' claims are sufficiently reasonable that without a court order, it would be imprudent for Carpathia to simply ignore them and reprovision the servers,” the hosting company writes. “And while the government claims its sampling is sufficient and no further data need be preserved, other parties have claimed that all of the data is necessary – Mega for its defense, EFF for the return of data to innocent users, and MPAA for use in future litigation,” they add. For now Megaupload’s servers are safe, but if the court decides that it has no problems if they are wiped clean, the hosting provider will do so. If the data is to be preserved, Carpathia wants to know if they can sell the servers to Megaupload. If the court believes the hosting company should continue to maintain the servers, Carpathia wants to be compensated. The fate of Megaupload’s data is now in the hands Judge O’Grady. Source: Megaupload Host Refuses to Delete User Data and Evidence, For Now
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Founded in September 2006, the German Pirate Party has already booked several successes in its relatively short existence. 
The success of the German Pirates is mimicked by their neighbors in Austria, where the local Pirate Party 
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