<div dir="ltr">Hello Ted,<div><br></div><div>I saw that the "Taiwan SOPA" bill has been withdrawn, at least temporarily. Good work!</div><div><br></div><div>"The decision came after Wikimedia Taiwan, a non-profit social group, voiced strong opposition on June 1 to the plan, which would have allowed the IPO to determine which websites could be blocked rather than judicial authorities." </div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201306030037.aspx">http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201306030037.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>* See also: <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130611/00503223401/public-outcry-taiwan-kills-their-version-sopa.shtml">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130611/00503223401/public-outcry-taiwan-kills-their-version-sopa.shtml</a></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Ted Chien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hsiangtai.chien@gmail.com" target="_blank">hsiangtai.chien@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Stephen, thanks for the forwarding, much appreciated.
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<p style="color:#a0a0a8">On 2013年5月29日Wednesday at 上午12:38, Stephen LaPorte wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hello Ted,<div><br></div><div>I am cross-posting your email for the advocacy advisory group. </div><div><br><div>On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Ted Chien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hsiangtai.chien@gmail.com" target="_blank">hsiangtai.chien@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><div>My dear colleagues,<br>
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Recently on May 21 the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has announced<br>
that they will amend the Copyright Act to demand local ISPs to block<br>
illegal contents on foreign websites, just like the SOPA bill in USA last<br>
year. For more information, you can read the following news reports:<br>
<br>
Focus Taiwan:<br>
<a href="http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201305210035.aspx" target="_blank">http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201305210035.aspx</a><br>
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ZDNet:<br>
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/cn/taiwans-copyright-act-amendment-proposal-comes-under-fire-7000015943/" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/cn/taiwans-copyright-act-amendment-proposal-comes-under-fire-7000015943/</a><br>
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Now there are many Taiwan netizens protesting the bill:<br>
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<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/26/netizens-fear-copyright-amendment-will-bring-web-filter-system-to-taiwan/" target="_blank">http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/26/netizens-fear-copyright-amendment-will-bring-web-filter-system-to-taiwan/</a><br>
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But today we just see an news that TIPO just ignored these protests and<br>
insist that this bill will not harm the net freedom and rights of general<br>
users:<br>
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<a href="http://newtalk.tw/news/2013/05/28/36854.html" target="_blank">http://newtalk.tw/news/2013/05/28/36854.html</a> (it's in Chinese, you may use<br>
Google translate to read the news.)<br>
<br>
Indeed we should protect the copyright, but to ask ISPs to block websites<br>
is too over-reaction.<br>
<br>
We Wikimedia Taiwan is now against the bill and has just released an<br>
Chinese announcement on our official website to explain why we against the<br>
bill and ask the government to stop the act:<br>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/ZbvTX0" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ZbvTX0</a><br>
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We also started an discussion on zh.wp to ask the community if we could put<br>
the announcement as an global site notice, we even think about blackout<br>
zh.wp for 24 hours (the date is still in discussion):<br>
<br>
<a href="http://goo.gl/fXi8g" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/fXi8g</a><br>
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This is because according to <a href="http://Alexa.com" target="_blank">Alexa.com</a> (<a href="http://Alexa.com" target="_blank">http://Alexa.com</a>), Wikipedia is now<br>
the top 10 website in Taiwan. To blackout Wikipedia in Taiwan should get<br>
the attention of TIPO and has some effects.<br>
<br>
My questions are:<br>
<br>
* Could we ask for blackout Wikipedia (not just zh.wp) ONLY for Taiwan IP?<br>
(Some users from China hope this blackout will not effect them)<br>
* If we could not blackout Wikipedia only for Taiwan IP, could we ask to<br>
blackout zh.wp? (from what we have discussed on zh.wp, the Chinese<br>
community has agreed on such blackout, but the date is still on discussion)<br>
* If we could implement such blackout, how soon it can be done?<br>
* What suggestions from you that we should do as an local Chapter?<br>
<br>
Thanks and Regards,<br>
Ted Chien<br>
Chairman<br>
Wikimedia Taiwan<br>
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