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On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:57 AM, Toochis Morin wrote: > Here! Here! > > > 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. 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.
