Andrew Norton (Pirate Party)

Andrew Norton
Chairman of the US Pirate Party
In office 28 January 2015 – 1 March 2016
Preceded by	Lindsay-Anne Brunner
Succeeded by	Joseph Klein
In office May 2007 – September 2008
Preceded by	Joshua Cowles
Succeeded by	Glenn Kerbein
Chair of the Board, Pirate Party UK
In office 28 January 2015 – 18 June 2015
Preceded by	Jack Allnutt
Vice Chairman of the US Pirate Party
In office November 2013 – January 2015
Succeeded by	Lindsay-Anne Brunner
Coordinator of Pirate Parties International
In office September 2008 – August 2009
Preceded by	New position
Succeeded by	Patrick Mächler Samir Allioui
Personal details
Born	24 June 1980 Liverpool, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Liverpool
Website	http://ktetch.co.uk/

Andrew Norton (born 24 June 1980) is a British roboticist, politician and researcher. He is a former Coordinator of Pirate Parties International, a previous Chairman of the United States Pirate Party and a previous Chairman of the Board for Pirate Party UK.

Norton was born in Liverpool, England. He was educated at Liverpool Blue Coat School from 1991 to 1998 and assisted as an IT technician for four years before studying Robotics at the University of Liverpool.

Using his knowledge of robotics, Norton took part in various robot combat competitions in the UK and the US, first as a competitor and later as a safety inspector. His team, Liverdyne Robotics, held the UK Middleweight title from 1998 to 2000. Norton helped run over 70 independent robot combat events around the UK from 1999 to 2003. He also appeared in series 3, 4, and 5 of British robot combat TV show Robot Wars. He also worked on several seasons of Comedy Central's BattleBots.

In the late 1990s Norton worked as a commercial copyright enforcer for a London-based record label, however he resigned from this role in 1999 over protests with the industry response to Napster and MP3s.

Norton has been employed by the Dutch news website TorrentFreak for several years, and is their lead researcher and Community Manager. He is also currently a P2P systems researcher and is the assistant director of Electronic Frontier Forums, a series of lectures and panels given at Dragon Con each year. In 2003, Norton moved to Georgia, US.

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