[Foundation-l] How SOPA will hurt the free web and Wikipedia - Wikimedia-l

15 Dec 2011


      There are two steps that strike me as obvious. Inform the committee of the
community's concerns and go to the press.
Here in the UK when a union gets a majority vote for strike action it
sometimes focuses management's attention and prompts concessions.
Going straight from such a vote to taking action would in my view lose a
useful opportunity to let those promoting SOPA from dropping or amending it
before we take action.
WSC
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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:12:34 -0800
From: Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] How SOPA will hurt the free web and
       Wikipedia
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Before anyone blanks the en.wiki Main Page, please remember that the
bill is still in committee. It could still be heavily modified or
rejected completely before going to the floor. If it does go to the
floor, it probably wouldn't be until January, so there's still some time
for other, less-dramatic approaches in the meantime.
Ryan Kaldari