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Thanks. On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Bryan Mooney <[email protected]> wrote: > How can I unsubscribe from this mailing list? > > Bryan > > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Send Discuss mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: [Board] [SFC-Core] Conference Update: FCX 2013 (Alex Kozak) >> 2. Fwd: Demand justice for Aaron Swartz (Everton Zanella Alvarenga) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:11:19 -0800 >> From: Alex Kozak <[email protected]> >> To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in >> particular <[email protected]> >> Cc: SFC Board <[email protected]>, Jennifer Baek >> <[email protected]>, SFC Core <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] [Board] [SFC-Core] Conference Update: FCX >> 2013 >> Message-ID: >> <CAKUpi62281uki=3kHc+Sfu8U9cw89=CDbFBow3wU+W= >> [email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" >> >> omg 2008 memories >> On Jan 17, 2013 1:11 AM, "Wesley Chen" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hey Jennifer, >> > >> > If you're still looking for photos from past FC conferences, feel free >> > to pilfer mine (they're CC-licensed): >> > >> > - 2008: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwwes/sets/72157608218100786/ >> > - 2010: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwwes/sets/72157623482669474/ >> > >> > I've been absent from the FC-discuss list for so long... but I'm back! >> > >> > Best, >> > Wesley >> > >> > -- >> > Wesley Chen >> > Program Associate >> > Open Internet Tools Project >> > Open Technology Institute >> > New America Foundation >> > >> > >> > On Wed Jan 16 18:54:52 2013, Jennifer Baek wrote: >> > > thanks and haha @rich >> > > >> > > There is an after party in the works. I've been in touch with Art.sy >> > > to try and do something at their space, and I'm working with beverage >> > > sponsors to get free drinks. Things are not set in stone, but we are >> > > working on it! >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Rich Jones <[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > W000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ttttttttttttttttttttttt! >> > > Major props to NYLS crew! >> > > >> > > Also - ppparrrrrrrttyyyyyy? :D >> > > >> > > R >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Aditi Rajaram >> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > > >> > > Yes +1 - as someone who's organized the FC conference before >> > > (and in NY!) I know how much work it takes so major major >> props >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Alex Leavitt >> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > > >> > > +1 to doing an awesome job with dedicated effort behind >> it. >> > :) >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Adi Kamdar >> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > > >> > > This is great! Awesome work. I'm looking forward to >> > > more updates! >> > > >> > > Adi >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Jennifer Baek >> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > > >> > > Hey everyone, >> > > >> > > Happy new year! Just wanted to send everyone an >> > > update about FCX 2013 (this year's SFC >> > > conference), which will be taking place at New >> > > York Law School on April 20-21, 2013. Registration >> > > for the conference will open soon, but in the >> > > meantime, here's a general program of events: >> > > >> > > FCX 2013 will be a two day conference with a >> > > distinct agenda on each day: >> > > >> > > */April 20, 2013. /*The first day of FCX 2013 >> > > will consist of keynotes, panels and debates. >> > > >> > > *08:00 AM ? 09:00 AM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Sign in and Registration >> > > >> > > *09:00 AM ? 09:45 AM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Keynote >> > > >> > > *10:00 AM ? 11:00AM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Panel 1: Open Access to Education and Research >> > > >> > > *11:15 AM ? 12:15 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Lightning Debate >> > > >> > > *12:15 PM ? 01:15 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Lunch >> > > >> > > *01:30 PM ? 02:30 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Panel 2: The Future of Copyright Law and >> Reform >> > > >> > > *02:45PM ? 03:30 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Panel 3: Social Media Governance: User Rights >> > > Online >> > > >> > > *03:45 PM ? 04:45 PM * >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Lightning Debate >> > > >> > > *05:00 PM ? 05:45 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Endnote >> > > >> > > */April 21, 2013./*The second day of FCX 2013 >> > > will consist of workshops and a ?town hall? >> > > style meeting for the organization. >> > > >> > > *09:00 AM ? 10:00 AM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Sign in and Registration >> > > >> > > *10:00 AM ? 11:00 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Keynote >> > > >> > > *11:00 AM ? 01:00 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Workshop >> > > >> > > *1:00 PM ? 02:00 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Lunch >> > > >> > > *02:00PM ? 04:00 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Workshop Presentation and Town Hall Meeting >> > > >> > > *04:00PM ? 05:00 PM* >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Closing Remarks >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > I am currently working on finalizing the panel and >> > > lightning debate topic descriptions, and will send >> > > around drafts once I'm done. Katie Baxter, who is >> > > the co-president of the NYLS Chapter has been >> > > helping me a bunch with organizing the conference, >> > > so here's a shout out to her: thank you! We're >> > > working on securing a venue for the after party. >> > > As always, I welcome any >> > > feedback/comments/suggestions, so just voice them! >> > > >> > > On a separate, but related note, the website is >> > > up, but currently under construction on the >> > > backend. We're drafting up a new Wordpress >> > > template and changing the look of our home page. >> > > The main difference (at least on the homepage) >> > > will be a slide show of images to put some face >> > > behind the organization. If anyone has pictures >> > > from previous conferences, campus events, or other >> > > free culture-related events, please send them my >> way! >> > > >> > > Thanks all. Stay tuned for my next update. >> > > >> > > Cheers, >> > > Jennifer >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Board mailing list >> > > [email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]> >> > > >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/board >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Core mailing list >> > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/core >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Board mailing list >> > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/board >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Core mailing list >> > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/core >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Board mailing list >> > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/board >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > *Jennifer J. Baek* >> > > J.D. Candidate 2013, New York Law School >> > > Executive Online Editor, /New York Law School Law Review/ >> > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > (646)756-9783 >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Discuss mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://lists.freeculture.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20130117/73a0a039/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:15:19 -0200 >> From: Everton Zanella Alvarenga <[email protected]> >> To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in >> particular <[email protected]> >> Subject: [FC-discuss] Fwd: Demand justice for Aaron Swartz >> Message-ID: >> <CAOUmeJD8pBgUgVoeiKS0cTkuPabv3dGD5DhDc= >> [email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Alexandre Hannud Abdo <abdo at member.fsf.org> >> Date: 2013/1/17 >> Subject: [Wikimedia Brasil] Fwd: Demand justice for Aaron Swartz >> To: Wikimedia BR <[email protected]> >> >> >> Ni! Friends, >> >> I just received this email from Demand Progress and Lawrence Lessig, in >> response to Aaron Swartz's tragic passing. Click here to support Aaron's >> Law and the effort to achieve justice for Aaron: >> >> >> http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/aaron_justice/?referring_akid=1969.1596981.8zbJ9V&source=mailto >> >> We spent yesterday burying and mourning our friend Aaron. We're sad, >> we're tired, we're frustrated -- and we're angry at a system that let >> this happen to Aaron. Now we want to set upon honoring his life's work >> and helping to make sure that such a travesty is never repeated. >> >> We and Aaron's friends and family have been in touch with lawmakers to >> ask for help, and several of them -- who've worked with Aaron and Demand >> Progress on SOPA and other issues -- are beginning to take action. We're >> asking them to help rein in a criminal justice system run amok, wherein >> authorities are encouraged to bring frivolous charges and hold decades >> of jail time over the heads of people who are accused of committing >> victimless crimes. >> >> 1) Representative Zoe Lofgren has introduced what's been named "Aaron's >> Law." It would fix a key part of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act >> (CFAA), which is one of the statutes under which Aaron was indicted. We >> need to pass Aaron's Law AND further amend the CFAA. >> >> The CFAA makes violations of a website's terms of service agreement or >> user agreement -- that fine print you never read before you check the >> box next to it -- a FELONY, potentially punishable by many years in >> prison. That's how over-broad this dangerous statute is, and one way it >> lets showboating prosecutors file charges against people who've done >> nothing wrong. >> >> Aaron's Law would decriminalize violating these agreements: They're >> essentially contracts, and as with other contracts, disputes about them >> should be settled in civil courts rather than in out of control criminal >> trials under threat of decades of prison time. >> >> Aaron's Law alone wouldn't have saved Aaron -- there is still more to do >> to make sure that victimless computer activities are not charged as >> felonies -- but this is a solid start that we can pass now and it's a >> law he wanted to change. Then we'll keep pushing forward. >> >> Click here to join us in demanding justice for Aaron: >> >> >> http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/aaron_justice/?referring_akid=1969.1596981.8zbJ9V&source=mailto >> >> 2) Additionally, we asked Congressman Darrell Issa -- who controls the >> powerful Oversight Committee -- to open an investigation into >> prosecutorial misconduct in Aaron's case. >> >> Amazingly, he's already responded and is sending an investigator to the >> office of the U.S. Attorney who was pressing charges against Aaron. >> >> We want the inquiry to proceed, and to be broadened to include a more >> thorough investigation into rampant over-prosecution of alleged crimes >> with no victims -- as in the case of what Aaron was accused of. And we >> want those who abused their power to be held to account. >> >> We loved Aaron -- so many people loved Aaron -- and his death is tragic. >> We and others who were close to him are overwhelmed by the outpouring of >> support, and the calls for justice. Thank you for joining us in that >> fight. >> >> Click here to join us in demanding justice for Aaron: >> >> >> http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/aaron_justice/?referring_akid=1969.1596981.8zbJ9V&source=mailto >> >> >> -Demand Progress >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaBR-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediabr-l >> >> >> -- >> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) >> Open Knowledge Foundation Brasil >> http://br.okfn.org >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> >> >> End of Discuss Digest, Vol 73, Issue 16 >> *************************************** >> > > > > -- > Bryan Mooney > (301) 300-4243 > LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bryan-mooney/51/a79/438> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > -- *Jennifer J. 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