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Not to get into RFU's biz, but the transmitter is busted, that's
all. Someone ought to correct this.<br>
Mike<br>
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On 1/18/2012 10:08 AM, Brian Dolinar wrote:
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cite="mid:CADL4Vu4XumUzDJPAWOhTQh07h1i5CYGyMQzeCuK+4vmrHFusJQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">WRFU is circulating on Facebook that they are off the
air due to support of blackout. But News-Gazette had something up
on their web site that the WRFU transmitter was out, quoting
someone from WRFU. Don't know who to believe...<br>
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BD<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Chris
Ritzo <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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The blackout is in effect now. If someone wants to draft a
message to go with it, I'll put it up. <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:16 AM,
Mike Lehman <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Since there
wasn't any announcement prior to this, there should
be something posted after the fact to explain what
we did. The blackout without any explanation is
confusing, although some readers will guess why.<span><font
color="#888888"><br>
Mike</font></span>
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On 1/17/2012 11:33 PM, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
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<div>Should we black out our <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ucimc.org" target="_blank">ucimc.org</a>
site tomorrow? Wikipedia, Reddit and many of
our allies in media justice have already gone
dark with messages about the dangers of SOPA.
Thoughts? - Danielle<br>
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<h1>Momentum Builds Against SOPA and
PIPA</h1>
<h1><span
style="font-weight:normal;font-size:medium">Tomorrow
you might be wondering who
turned out the lights. Don’t
worry — it will simply be one of
the biggest days in the history
of the open Internet.</span></h1>
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<p>Thousands of websites —
including Wikipedia, reddit,
BoingBoing, FreePress.net
and SavetheInternet.com — <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://sopastrike.com/"
target="_blank">will go
dark</a> to protest the
Stop Online Piracy Act
(SOPA) and Protect IP Act
(PIPA), bills in the House
and Senate that could open
the door to widespread
censorship online.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, hundreds of
supporters of the open
Internet will gather outside
the Manhattan offices of New
York Senators Chuck Schumer
and Kirsten Gillibrand to
urge them — both are
sponsors of PIPA — to change
course and oppose this
legislation.</p>
<p>Millions of Internet users
have succeeded in slowing
down the Hollywood-funded
momentum of these bills. A
House vote on SOPA has now
been <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204167-sopa-shelved-until-consensus-is-found"
target="_blank">indefinitely
postponed</a>. And the
mainstream media, which had
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/12/01/17/blog/12/01/09/news-networks-sopa-blackout"
target="_blank">largely
failed to cover</a> what
is arguably the biggest tech
story of the year, are
finally waking up. Last
weekend, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/15/10161056-debating-sopa"
target="_blank">devoted an
entire segment</a> to a
debate on the legislation.
Meanwhile, Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/"
target="_blank">defended
PIPA</a> on <i>Meet the
Press</i> last Sunday
(hey, at least it got
covered!).</p>
<p>Just in time for tomorrow’s
blackout, the White House <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition-tool/response/combating-online-piracy-while-protecting-open-and-innovative-internet"
target="_blank">has
announced its opposition</a>
to provisions in both bills
that pose a threat to free
speech. And even Google is <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57360223-261/google-will-protest-sopa-using-popular-home-page/"
target="_blank">altering
its valuable homepage</a>
to include a note protesting
SOPA and PIPA.</p>
<p>A casual observer of all
this activity — Wikipedia is
really going dark? Google is
really changing up its
homepage? — might wonder
what all the fuss is about.
Here, in a nutshell, is why
tech companies, individual
Internet users, members of
Congress and the White House
have all expressed grave
concerns about legislation
that could usher in a new
wave of online censorship.</p>
<p>Supporters claim that SOPA
and PIPA are the only way to
effectively fight online
piracy. But while the rights
of content holders need to
be protected, these bills
are the wrong way to address
this issue. If they are
passed, corporations (with
the help of the courts) will
become the arbiters of what
is and isn’t lawful online
activity, with millions of
Internet users swept in
their nets as collateral
damage.</p>
<p>Both bills are said to
target only foreign websites
that are explicitly in the
business of promoting
copyright-infringing
content. But they would <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/how-pipa-and-sopa-violate-white-house-principles-supporting-free-speech"
target="_blank">do much to
harm the global Internet</a>,
and a provision in both
bills would allow tampering
with the Internet’s
technical infrastructure in
a way that Internet
engineers agree would <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/internet-engineers-to-congress.html"
target="_blank">harm
online security</a>.</p>
<p>Another provision would
empower private companies to
go after any website —
lawful or otherwise — they
accuse of infringing on
their copyright. Those
companies could work with
service providers and
financial institutions to
shut off access to the
potentially offending sites,
with no repercussions at all
if the accused site is later
judged to be lawful.
Meanwhile, a falsely accused
site could go belly up from
all of the legal fees needed
to defend itself.</p>
<p>Innocent until proven
guilty, anyone?</p>
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