Hallo zusammen,
manche von Euch dürften schon von dem "Stop Online Piracy Act", kurz:
SOPA bzw. dem "Protect IP Act", PIPA, gehört haben der in den USA am 18.
Jänner als neuer Gesetzentwurf diskutiert wird.
Ähnlich wie bei dem Gesetz, welches vor wenigen Monaten zur
Protest-Abschaltung der italienischen Wikipedia geführt hat, werden hier
grosse Zugeständnisse an die "Content-Industrie" gemacht so dass diese
mit einfachen Mitteln missliebige Seiten jederzeit abschalten lassen können.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/US-Senat-Neuer-Anlauf-fuer-Zensurges…
http://netzpolitik.org/2012/sopa-proteste-nehmen-form-an/
Als Protest dagegen wird am 18. Jänner die englische Wikipedia
abgeschaltet ("blackout"). In der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia wird ein
Info-Banner zu dieser geschaltet. Untenstehend die Pressemitteilung der
Wikimedia Foundation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Initiative_gegen_den_SOPA
Auf Initiative des Liberalen Humanisten diskutieren wir gerade darüber
eine Pressemitteilung dazu zu versenden. Da die Zeit viel zu knapp dafür
ist - die Mitteilung muss heute noch raus um morgen bei den Medien zu
sein - haben wir jetzt den Text von der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia
hergenommen und im Mitgliederwiki zur vorbereiten der Meldung.
http://mitglieder.wikimedia.at/Projekte/SOPA
Bitte gebt bald Bescheid wie wir verfahren sollen oder helft ggf. mit
den Text zu kürzen / umzuformulieren, so dass Christoph ihn heute
Nachmittag zur APA geben kann - es sei denn, es kommt Ablehnung zu
dieser Idee, dann bitte hier kund tun.
Vielen Dank und Grüsse,
Manuel
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Internal-l] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in
opposition to SOPA/PIPA
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:01:12 -0800
From: Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org>
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(x posted to comcom as well)
Please also see the related blog post,
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-so…
The release is posted here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_to_go_…
*English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
*
San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an
unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout
the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against
proposed legislation in the United States the Stop Online Piracy Act
(SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the
U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open
Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international
websites inside the United States.
Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST)
in a public statement
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_c…):
Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined
together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to
take against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of
participation in a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which
illustrates the level of concern that Wikipedians feel about this
proposed legislation. The overwhelming majority of participants support
community action to encourage greater public action in response to these
two bills. Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would
result in a "blackout" of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar
blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the
strongest support.
Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their
opposition to this destructive legislation," said Jimmy Wales, founder
of Wikipedia. "This is an extraordinary action for our community to take
- and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to
Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA
and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and
set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world."
We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the
United States, find your elected representative in Washington
(
https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States,
contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar
branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the
internet to remain open and free.
*About the Wikimedia Foundation
*http://wikimediafoundation.org
http://blog.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix,
Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the
fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011).
Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million
articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than
100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia
Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily
through donations and grants.
*Media Contact:
*
Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
Wikimedia Foundation
Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 <tel:%2B1%20415%20839%206885%20x%206609>
jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org>
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Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org
blog.wikimedia.org <http://blog.wikimedia.org>
+1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw
--
Regards
Manuel Schneider
Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
www.wikimedia.ch