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________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 17, 2012 3:43:42 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Mail Archive To Be DARK Wednesday! > >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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> >___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content >. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
