I really almost hesitate to send this, not because I'm not entirely sympathetic to the cause, but because political discussions are always problematic and perhaps more so because of the PSF's non-profit status. Still, SOPA and the like are evil pieces of legislation that will have seriously dire consequences to Python and python.org. Notwithstanding the recent backtracking on these bills, I wonder if we should blackout as well for solidarity (and self-interest).
I'm deliberately sending it here first, although the board would likely have to decide too. The question is, if we wanted to participate, would it be technically feasible given our volunteer resources? -Barry Begin forwarded message: Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:21:45 -0800 From: Jeff Marshall <marsh...@gmail.com> To: Hank Leininger <hl...@marc.info> Cc: "archiver-pol...@python.org" <archiver-pol...@python.org> Subject: Re: [Archiver-policy] Impact of SOPA? Hi Hank, great to hear from you. We've been discussing it this weekend and we are leaning strongly towards doing a full blackout for the day on the 18th. We plan on deciding tonight. We haven't gotten any legal opinions on the proposed legislation, but our IANAL interpretation is pretty dire like yours. It would be great if several of us participated in the blackout together resulting in more awareness across the spectrum. Jeff On Jan 15, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Hank Leininger <hl...@marc.info> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi folks, > > MARC admin here. > > What are your thoughts on the impact of SOPA on public mailing list > archives hosted in the United States? > > IANAL, and I can't keep up with the various modifications to SOPA and > Protect-IP that keep coming, but my impression is that it would be a > death sentence: we would be obligated to review all messages for > copyrighted content prior to posting, make us liable for any > violations, and of course, get our sites taken down/blocked based on > unsupported claims (i.e. no due process; guilty until proven > innocent). > > I'd expect to have to shut MARC down, or move it out of the US (and no > longer touch it myself, any more). So, I am thinking of participating > in the SOPA Blackout Day on Wednesday. > > I'm curious what the Jeffs think, if you've gotten any legal opinions > on the matter, considered participating in the blackout, etc. > > Thanks, > > Hank > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQEVAwUBTxN0wEeo0UvhPpxqAQiy7gf/bKap95vBkW9HcMQCC/xFEYHWJaWszXC5 > lIOfPW0lC1fbxa6BkRvMEYloiseYS3yCzgPxUqCkDQvn6R5mHOGAHRvIQWBMlj/d > bbCjidpnboRtQ+c0xGD5iib7hXvsMyL2dRQem7c6/WbHq2uvbTngsuA+Wzhwq7nW > LJxUB8Ucgp05x/UCsSPgUj+DmGrA4bmisVuBB9xypB6b1NQZ/BsKm6nMumzRiPTe > NCXSZGxsSpng+WIyvSSgXfckxZxSfEOF9G3BL9Q4hthTUEMwhAPsH/UKRcOcvCh6 > wWSKGBLco8ufMYjMrb+8ntIv/E7aTryMbOqbg+XyRM77Rdi/8z/Lqg== > =6Mtz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Archiver-policy mailing list > archiver-pol...@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/archiver-policy
Hi Hank, great to hear from you. We've been discussing it this weekend and we are leaning strongly towards doing a full blackout for the day on the 18th. We plan on deciding tonight. We haven't gotten any legal opinions on the proposed legislation, but our IANAL interpretation is pretty dire like yours. It would be great if several of us participated in the blackout together resulting in more awareness across the spectrum. Jeff
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