>
>bravo Scott!
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: [MOPO] Mail Archive To Be DARK Wednesday!
>Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:11:11 -0500
>
>>If you are using our on-line archive service (The Mail Archive) to
>read MoPo
>>posts, be advised that this web site will be DOWN for 24 hours on
>Wednesday,
>>January 18, 2012.
>>
>>
>>
>>The Mail Archive is going dark to protest SOPA, the Stop Online
>Piracy Act
>>that has been proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives and
>PIPA, the
>>Protect IP Act, pending in the U.S. Senate. Other major on-line
>sites are
>>also participating, including Wikipedia.
>>
>>
>>
>>Scott
>>
>>MoPo List Owner
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>The statement from the administrators of The Mail Archive follows:
>>
>>
>>
>>The Mail Archive will be participating in SOPA Blackout Day. On
>January
>>18th, 2012 we will be dark.
>>
>>
>>
>>The Stop Online Piracy Act H.R.3261 (and PIPA, its sister bill
>S.968) is a
>>proposed United States law, please read it yourself. The basic goal
>of the
>>bills is to censor all access to non-US websites involved with
>copyright
>>violation. We feel there are some fundamental flaws with the
>proposed
>>legislation.
>>
>>
>>
>>Lawrence Tribe, a Harvard Constitutional Law Professor points out
>>
>>
>>
>>1) "Although SOPA's supporters have described the bill as directed
>at
>>"foreign rogue websites," the definitions in the bill are not in
>fact
>>limited to foreign sites or to sites engaged in egregious piracy."
>>
>>
>>
>>2) "To compound the problem, SOPA provides that a complaining party
>can file
>>a notice alleging that it is harmed by the activities occurring on
>the site
>>"or portion thereof." Conceivably, an entire website containing tens
>of
>>thousands of pages could be targeted if only a single page were
>accused of
>>infringement."
>>
>>
>>
>>3) "In effect, the bill would impose the very monitoring obligation
>that
>>existing law (in the form of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of
>1998)
>>expressly does not require. SOPA would undo the statutory framework
>that has
>>created the foundation for many web-based businesses."
>>
>>
>>
>>As a public email archival service, we are very aware and
>appreciative of
>>America's long history of free speech. We don't usually feel like a
>cog in a
>>censorship machine. Except for the 153 deletion requests from list
>>administrators, 4 DMCA takedown notices, and 36 suppression actions
>by
>>global internet search engines in 2011. That's on a corpus of 100+
>million
>>messages. Now imagine getting sued or criminally prosecuted for a
>message
>>that links to some shady portion of the internet? Or when someone
>forwards a
>>copyrighted article to a mailing list? The Mail Archive has proudly
>provided
>>archival service for 14 years. But in the end, we are a three
>person,
>>part-time small business. If SOPA passes, each of us will have to
>think: We
>>have families. The risk looks enormous.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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