PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Andrew Norton

Also known as K`Tetch

Andrew Norton is a public voice on peer-to-peer technology whose career began in robotics and led to Pirate Party politics. He attended Liverpool Blue Coat School from 1991 to 1998, and his team Liverdyne Robotics held the UK Middleweight title from 1998 to 2000. At TorrentFreak, he investigated Comcast's BitTorrent interference in 2007 and studied the MPAA's film-piracy figures in 2008. He coordinated Pirate Party International, edited No Safe Harbor, and resigned as US Pirate Party chair in 2016. By November 2019, he described himself as TorrentFreak's head of research, a role he said he had held since 2007.

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Timeline

  1. 1991–1998

    School in Liverpool

    He attends Liverpool Blue Coat School from 1991 to 1998.

  2. 1998–2000

    Liverdyne's UK title

    His team, Liverdyne Robotics, holds the UK Middleweight title from 1998 to 2000.

  3. 2007–2008

    Researching BitTorrent and piracy

    He investigates Comcast's interference with BitTorrent traffic in 2007. In 2008, he studies the MPAA's figures on film piracy.

  4. 2008

    Coordinating Pirate Party International

    In 2008, he serves as coordinator of Pirate Party International.

  5. 2012–2016

    A book and a party chair

    He serves as assistant editor for No Safe Harbor, a book launched in 2012. In 2016, he resigns as US Pirate Party chair.

  6. November 2019

    Leading TorrentFreak research

    In November 2019, he describes himself as TorrentFreak's head of research, a role he says he has held since 2007.

Career

  1. Since 2007TorrentFreakHead of Research
  2. Until 2016United States Pirate PartyChair
  3. 2008Pirate Party InternationalCoordinator

From the biography.

  1. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  3. 46% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionOur estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.

Sources and credits

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  1. Andrew Norton (Pirate Party) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. USPP applauds FCC rules on Net Neutrality and Community Broadband - United States Pirate Party uspirates.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. US Pirate Party Study Shatters MPAA Claims - TorrentFreak torrentfreak.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Pirate Parties are ‘A Classic Civil Rights Movement’ - TorrentFreak torrentfreak.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. US Pirate Party Launches Book - TorrentFreak torrentfreak.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. Andrew Norton Resigns as USPP Chair - United States Pirate Party uspirates.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. Andrew Norton • User • The Register Forums forums.theregister.com. Checked 18 October 2026.