All,
SOPA, a proposed piece of US law known officially as the Stop Online Piracy
Act, could affect Wikimedia projects worldwide, and possibly make them
completely unworkable legally. There is currently a discussion within the
movement as to what (if any) actions Wikipedia and other projects should
take to stop passage of this act. While Wikimedia UK doesn't (yet) have an
official position that I'm aware of, we want the UK community's view to be
represented in whatever actions are taken. To that end, there is a
'suggested actions' page at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action, and we'd
really appreciate your views there.
All the best,
Richard Symonds
Office & Development Manager
Wikimedia UK
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