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DATE | 2011-11-16 |
FROM | Robert Menes
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Copyright Wars heat up
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From owner-hangout-outgoing-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Nov 16 08:45:30 2011 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) id 54D4EFE19F; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:45:30 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: hangout-outgoing-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 28) id 43CFDFE1B1; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:45:30 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from mail-gx0-f172.google.com (mail-gx0-f172.google.com [209.85.161.172]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECAC3FE19F for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:45:29 -0500 (EST) Received: by ggnr5 with SMTP id r5so5037142ggn.17 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:46:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vsm8Y94wtGJSYkaoZ4auVKVKZQI3OvX5tLfSlTbQrjM=; b=ej28b86fL1+7kdfc+ZzyL/Y3zFoGNFSfUwEUc4iHNm27COXKlLGAqQ+ntQRq89rq8Z OYfuey0GK5vtcxWeF2lcZRjgHlQ4T7Yc4gzd6dXq8NKBINFNBOS6tIGURs4dnlnnUcAp 0hlLIcahnP7WwFhA3si80y/exkIuwOoJEcyaA= Received: by 10.100.240.5 with SMTP id n5mr3562593anh.102.1321451177074; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:46:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.33.5 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:45:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111116055221.GA22022-at-panix.com> References: <20111116055221.GA22022-at-panix.com> From: Robert Menes Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:45:56 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Copyright Wars heat up To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Ruben Safir wrote: > https://supporters.eff.org/thanks/thank-you-opposing-internet-blacklist-b= ill > > This defaulted from Mozzila > > Dear friend, > > I just emailed Congress to urge them to oppose the Internet Blacklist > Legislation, known as the PROTECT-IP Act in the Senate and the Stop > Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. This legislation seeks to give > the executive branch power to conduct slash-and-burn campaigns against > websites that allegedly host =E2=80=93 or even link to =E2=80=93 content = that > infringes on intellectual property rights. That would > =E2=80=9Cdisappear=E2=80=9D whole domain names, fundamentally undermining > Internet security, and/or choke off their financial support. The > Internet Blacklist Legislation puts more sites than ever at risk, > effectively upending the DMCA safe harbors that have been crucial to the > growth of Internet innovation and creativity. > > Sadly, these short-sighted and dangerous bills won=E2=80=99t do much to s= top > online infringement =E2=80=93 but they will jeopardize our ability to spe= ak > and read online with the kind of freedom we cherish in the offline > world. Deep-pocketed Hollywood lobbyists are aggressively pushing to > control and censor the open Internet, willing to sacrifice free speech > and our Internet culture in hopes of controlling how people view their > movies and products. >
We need to make all the noise possible and get as many people as we can to make even more noise. I for one do not want to see a free internet go do= wn in flames like this.
--Robert
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