[Foundation-l] Since Egypt has shutdown internet, should we too?

[David Goodman]

A wonderful precedent for other approaches to press agencies--it will
perhaps work best for those agencies   that   have an appropriate
special concern for the area or subject.

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:16 PM, aude <aude.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:32 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 28 January 2011 23:28, aude <aude.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:39 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> Relevant to Egypt and WMF, it is important that Al-Jazeera has
>> >> released a pile of photos and video as CC by-nd and CC-by-nc-nd:
>>
>> > Already have contacted them and they are willing to give us permission.
>>
>>
>> :-D :-D :-D
>>
>> This is BIG NEWS. A hearty HIP HIP HOORAY to everyone involved in this!
>>
>> Now we need permission from a *second* network ...
>>
>>
>>
> They have posted one video now, and working on putting more up.
>
> http://cc.aljazeera.net/asset/language/arabic/footage-egyptian-protests-al-jazeera-office
>
> It's CC-BY licensed.
>
> I'm pretty technical, but if someone better with video wants to help convert
> it to ogg theora format and get it uploaded to Commons, that would be
> awesome.
>
> Cheers,
> Katie
>
>
>
>
>> - d.
>>
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