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Begin forwarded message: > From: "David Segal, DemandProgress.org" <[email protected]> > Date: 29 October 2012 5:08:24 PM IST > To: "Atharva" <[email protected]> > Subject: Right now > Reply-To: "David Segal, DemandProgress.org" <[email protected]> > > Atharva, > > Are you in? More than 3,000 sites -- including prominent allies like the > Electronic Frontier Foundation -- have signed up to take part in today's day > of action. The Supreme Court is hearing that case that will decide if you > have the right to resell the things you own. > > Ebay, Craigslist, and even the old-fashioned garage sale are under threat. > > Sites will be using our ribbons and ball-and-chain icons to sound the alarm > about the Kirtsaeng vs John Wiley & Sons case: > > The Supreme Court might side with Big Business and decide that you don't have > the right to resell things that were made abroad: books, clothes, iPhones -- > almost anything. > > If you're planning to take part, please click here to grab the code for one > of those icons, and post it on your site! (And maybe write up a blurb about > why you're taking a stand.) > > Here's what it'll look like: > > > > We expect to have a legislative fight on our hands come winter, no matter how > the Supreme Court rules. So we want to drive thousands of emails to > lawmakers before Big Business sics its brigade of lobbyists on them. > > Whether or not you're posting on your site, will you spread word to your > friends -- and especially anybody who you know who sells things online? > > You can use these links, or forward the email below: > > If you're already on Facebook, click here to share with your friends. > If you're already on Twitter, click here to tweet about the campaign: > Tweet > Thanks! > > ----- > > Friends -- > > I just got this email from Demand Progress, and I thought you should know > about it: It highlights a Supreme Court case -- scheduled to be heard TODAY > -- that will affect all of us, especially people who sell things online. > > We've told you about the crazy Supreme Court case that could make it illegal > for you to sell the things that you own. > > Well, the court hearing is scheduled for today, Monday, October 29th -- and > we need you to join us in a day of online activism: More than 3,000 websites > are signed up to take part. > > If we lose this fight, practically anybody who wants to resell products they > bought -- from Macbooks and iPhones to our clothing and textbooks -- will > have to ask copyright holders for permission first. And they'll have the > right to deny it! > > The forces that lined up in support of SOPA -- Hollywood, the recording > industry, and other huge corporations -- are urging the Court to rule against > consumers. > > So we're going to fight back by using our websites to sound the alarm. Please > click here to sign up to take part! > > Here's a screenshot of what we're talking about: > > > > Remarkably few people have even heard about this case, and it's time for us > to change that. > > Win or lose at the Supreme Court, we expect to have a legislative fight about > this issue on our hands by January, and we need to push people to contact > their members of Congress before Big Business gets them to side against us. > > So we've built a variety of ribbons and ball-and-chain icons that you can put > on your site today to help make sure the whole world knows about this > horrendous case. > > You can view them all here, and implement them on your site -- we really need > your help. > > Participation from a few hundred sites -- or even a few dozen -- is almost > certain to get the media's attention as they cover the Supreme Court hearing. > > Everybody is welcome to join in the day of action, but your friends who sell > things online will probably be especially interested. > > Whether they use Craigslist, Ebay, Etsy, or just a personal site or a blog, > they'll want to know that their right to keep selling could be in grave > jeopardy. > > Will you forward them this email and/or use these links to make sure they > know about this lawsuit? > > If you're already on Facebook, click here to share with your friends > > If you're already on Twitter, click here to tweet about the campaign. > > Thanks for your help! > > -Demand Progress > > > Paid for by Demand Progress (DemandProgress.org) and not authorized by any > candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions are not deductible as > charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. > > One last thing -- Demand Progress's small, dedicated, under-paid staff relies > on the generosity of members like you to support our work. Will you click > here to chip in $5 or $10? Or you can become a Demand Progress monthly > sustainer by clicking here. Thank you! > > You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time. > > http://act.demandprogress.org/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?akid=1820.399441.txyJgu -- IMUG Website: www.imug.in To buy & sell Apple products please post the message on the iAppleBS group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/iapplebs --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IMUG Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
