[Chapter-delegates] English Wikipedia going dark tomorrow!

Mon Jan 16 22:53:09 PST 2012

I think you have every right and good reason to raise your voice, Alejandro.

These bills are specifically aimed at cutting off non-domestic sites.

Domestically we already have the DHS/INS running roughshod over the domain
industry without any opportunity for debate as to the criminality of
linking to infringing content. As noted widely the last couple of days this
extends to extraditing foreign nationals for doing same. To the
embarassment of the Stat Department one suspects.

j

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

>
> Hopefully that, and the sizable demo we are looking to mount in NYC, which
> appears to be spreading to other cities, can create sufficient press to
> draw the public's attention, and give the issue "hot potato" status.
>
> In addition for any reporter looking for extra paras there are
> 1) the earlier GoDaddy boycott
> 2) the letter from senior Internet engineers
> 3) the letter from law professors raising first amendment concerns
> 4) the fact that proposer's Lamar Alexander's own website was discovered
> to be copyright infringing.
> 5) attempts to set up alternative p2p dns systems.
> 6) figures showing that the MPAA etc are not suffering so bad
> 7) Tim O'Reilly's piece yesterday
>
> etc etc
>
> j
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Zaid Ali <zaid at sfbayisoc.org> wrote:
>
>> Just to point out the technical aspect of the blackout. It is a
>> co-ordinated effort to have a captive portal and logos going black. I am
>> not sure what something not well organized can accomplish. Wikipedia and
>> Craigslist have done some co-ordination I believe.
>>
>> Zaid
>>
>> On 1/16/12 10:17 PM, "Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch" <apisan at unam.mx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Dear Narelle,
>> >
>> >this may sound unpleasant to you but... you are a Tustee, we are humble
>> >volunteers disconnected from the general strategy of ISOC.
>> >
>> >Many of us are under pressure from Chapter members and others in our
>> >local communities to join the protest and are seen as sitting on our
>> >hands upon a block of dry ice because we are waiting for guidance from
>> HQ.
>> >
>> >IF the Board of Trustees is not discussing the matter as urgent - and
>> >being a former Trustee I know this can happen - and IF nobody else at
>> >"the top" has a word about the general strategy of ISOC for these
>> >fast-happening reactions, can we understand that each chapter is free to
>> >react, and will not cause even a frown from the PR apparatus of ISOC?
>> >
>> >You may find further guidance in the word of our Chair, Raul Echeberria,
>> >in http://mexico.cnn.com/videos/2012/01/13/el-contenido-de-la-ley-sopa.
>> >No mention of ISOC is made, though, and he appears only as CEO of LACNIC
>> >(in Spanish).
>> >
>> >I'm really really sorry if I appear as a nuisance. There's just an
>> >urgency to make decisions - joining the blackout is less than 24 hours
>> >away for some like... you!
>> >
>> >Yours,
>> >
>> >Alejandro Pisanty
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .
>> >.
>> >     Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
>> >UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
>> >
>> >Tels. +52-(1)-55-5105-6044, +52-(1)-55-5418-3732
>> >
>> >*Mi blog/My blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com
>> >*LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty
>> >*Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn,
>> >http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614
>> >*Twitter: http://twitter.com/apisanty
>> >---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, http://www.isoc.org
>> > Participa en ICANN, http://www.icann.org
>> >.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>> > .
>> >
>> >________________________________________
>> >Desde: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
>> >[chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] en nombre de Narelle Clark
>> >[President at isoc-au.org.au]
>> >Enviado el: lunes, 16 de enero de 2012 23:56
>> >Hasta: ISOC Chapter Delegates
>> >Asunto: [Chapter-delegates] English Wikipedia  going dark tomorrow!
>> >
>> >This looks like a strong protest!
>> >
>> >Thoughts anyone?
>> >
>> >
>> >To: English Wikipedia Readers and Community
>> >From: Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director
>> >Date: January 16, 2012
>> >Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the
>> >English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00
>> UTC
>> >on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read the statement from the Wikimedia
>> >Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation
>> >in the United States‹the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House
>> >of Representatives, and the PROTECTIP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate‹that,
>> >if passed, would seriously damage the free and open Internet, including
>> >Wikipedia.
>> >
>> >This will be the first time the English Wikipedia has ever staged a
>> public
>> >protest of this nature, and it¹s a decision that wasn¹t lightly made.
>> >etc at
>> >http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout
>> >
>> >
>> >More info on SOPA:
>> >Try our Harvard colleague (Jonathan Zittrain and BoT member) who is
>> >actively working on this topic:
>> >http://futureoftheinternet.org/sopa-compromise
>> >
>> >and him on Colbert talking about it:
>> >
>> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111202/09361816954/colbert-takes-sopa.s
>> >html
>> >
>> >
>> >Cheers
>> >
>> >N
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Narelle Clark
>> >President
>> >Internet Society of Australia
>> >ph: 0412 297 043
>> >int ph: +61 412 297 043
>> >president at isoc-au.org.au
>> >www.isoc-au.org.au
>> >
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