[Wikimedia-l] CFAAA+CALEA vs. SOPA+PIPA: the amortization

Mathieu Stumpf psychoslave at culture-libre.org
Mon Apr 15 07:30:21 UTC 2013


Hello,

Could you provide me relevant links so I may understand this topic? 
While I have superficiel knowledge of SOPA and PIPA, I have no idea what 
CFAAA and CALEA are.

Le 2013-04-14 01:25, James Salsman a écrit :
> Jan-Bart,
>
> I reserve the right to speak with anyone at any time on any subject.
> Thank you for your reply:
>
>> my gut feeling is that you are asking an impossible question (and 
>> aware of this) and I assume that Garfield
>> has much better things to do, but I guess if Sue wants to sound time 
>> on this, she will get back to you.
>
> It took me about half an hour to derive an answer to the question
> which I am confident is accurate to within an order of magnitude.  In
> short, the CFAA amendments alone would likely cost readers, editors,
> and the Foundation more than 500 times as much as SOPA or PIPA could
> have cost, under what I believe is a very reasonable set of
> assumptions.
>
> If Sue or Garfield share your opinion that the question is
> unanswerable, please let me know right away. Thanks again.
>
> Sincerely,
> James Salsman
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2013, at 5:03 PM, James Salsman <jsalsman at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Garfield,
>>
>> Would you please find out how much the CFAA and CALEA amendements
>> would be expected to cost readers, editors, and the Foundation
>> compared to what SOPA or PIPA would have cost if they had passed, 
>> and
>> let the wikimedia-l and advocacy advisors lists know?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> James Salsman
>>
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