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

Mateus Nobre mateus.nobre at live.co.uk
Thu Dec 15 17:13:48 UTC 2011


I know, I'm just answering to some guys below, who are sayin' the strike is a last resource/applicable only after approval.
It's not possible. We've to concentrate our forces  before.

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> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:05:30 +0000
> From: berialima at gmail.com
> To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] How SOPA will hurt the free web and Wikipedia
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> Mateus the law is not approved yet. Is still in a committee.
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> On 15 December 2011 16:46, Mateus Nobre <mateus.nobre at live.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >
> > It's virtually impossible break down a law when it's already approved.
> >
> > We would need more than a strike to do that. Maybe some tents ocuppying
> > front of White House.
> >
> > The Strike can't be our last resource, it have to be used EARLY. It's our
> > main hope!
> >
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> > > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:40:31 -0800
> > > From: phoebe.wiki at gmail.com
> > > To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] How SOPA will hurt the free web and Wikipedia
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:26 AM, Philippe Beaudette
> > > <philippe at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > >
> > > > Just wanted to let you know that I got word a few minutes ago that
> > today's
> > > > SOPA markup meeting will be using a new tool that allows for public
> > input
> > > > into the markup.  Shortly before 8:30, you'll see the SOPA bill
> > replace the
> > > > OPEN bill at Keepthewebopen.com.  If you'd like to have input during
> > the
> > > > markup process, this is a nice way to do it.
> > > >
> > > > pb
> > >
> > > Fascinating! A little late though... clearly these representatives
> > > haven't had the community lessons of Wikimedia drilled into them, heh.
> > > (As an aside, I really like the editing interface that keepthewebopen
> > > is using).
> > >
> > > On the question of to strike or not to strike -- my *personal* view is
> > > to agree that we should a) discuss other measures, such as perhaps a
> > > text banner on en.wp; and b) use a strike as a last resort, as there
> > > is no other place to go if we did strike. I think Jimmy's poll was
> > > just that -- a way to gauge support for any particular action. And all
> > > the discussions I've seen have run pretty strongly in favor of doing
> > > something to oppose the bill, with the 'something' tbd.
> > >
> > > As with the Italian action though timing is everything. This vote is a
> > > committee vote; if it dies here it will be exceedingly hard to
> > > resuscitate, but if it goes on it still has to pass a House floor
> > > vote, Senate floor vote, get reconciled and get signed. In other
> > > words, today is a critical time (and especially if you are in the US,
> > > this is a good time to try to sway judiciary committee members) and we
> > > really hope it dies here and now. But if it doesn't, this process
> > > could go on for months, and we should consider what the next best
> > > timing to do anything is. This is a community question, and must be a
> > > community-led action.
> > >
> > > BTW, Vint Cerf, Paul Vixie and many others just signed a letter of
> > > internet engineers opposing SOPA:
> > >
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/top-internet-engineers-warn-against-sopa/2011/12/15/gIQAGRV4vO_blog.html
> > >
> > > -- phoebe
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