<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Well, SOPA may yet return to haunt us:<div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><a href="http://geeko.lesoir.be/2012/04/07/laccord-sur-la-sopa-se-ferait-a-huis-clos/">http://geeko.lesoir.be/2012/04/07/laccord-sur-la-sopa-se-ferait-a-huis-clos/</a></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/04/06/chris-dodd-confident-obama-administration-working-on-next-sopa/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/04/06/chris-dodd-confident-obama-administration-working-on-next-sopa/</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mpaa-christopher-dodd-sopa-bully-harvey-weinstein-ratings-308359">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mpaa-christopher-dodd-sopa-bully-harvey-weinstein-ratings-308359</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I hope that Paul Brigner will be able to explain to Chris Dodd the error of his ways.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, ACTA may be dying in the European Parliament:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17728045">http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17728045</a></div><div><br></div><div>But it is not dead yet:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/iprenforcement/docs/memorandum_04052011_en.pdf">http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/iprenforcement/docs/memorandum_04052011_en.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Just a cautionary thought,</div><div><br></div><div>Good night,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CW</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On 17 Apr 2012, at 22:43, Eduardo Diaz wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yes, indeed!<div><br></div><div> I wonder if he "adjusted his thinking" during his tenure with the MPAA or after joining ISOC. <span><font color="#888888"><div> <br></div></font></span><div><span><font color="#888888">-ed<br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Patrick Vande Walle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick@vande-walle.eu" target="_blank">patrick@vande-walle.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div><div> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000066"> <br> On CircleID, Paul explains how and why he changed his opinion on SOPA and other issues. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120417_why_sopa_defender_joins_internet_society_as_regional_director/" target="_blank">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120417_why_sopa_defender_joins_internet_society_as_regional_director/</a><br> <br> Needless to say I was disappointed to have to read that piece of <span dir="auto"> self-criticism</span> on a third-party web site, rather than this mailing list. 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