[Imc-web] Q: should we blacken our homepage t in protest of SOPA tomorrow?

Wed Jan 18 12:31:11 CST 2012

I took it down because staff need to use it.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Danielle Chynoweth <
danielle at prometheusradio.org> wrote:

> I thought we blackend our site for the day - but I don't see that.  Is it
> true?  If so, we might want to put some text up like this:
> http://www.freepress.net/blackout
>
> - D
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The NG is correct. The transmitter is out for servicing.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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...
>>>
>>> BD
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> The blackout is in effect now. If someone wants to draft a message to
>>>> go with it, I'll put it up.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  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.
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/17/2012 11:33 PM, Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Should we black out our ucimc.org 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
>>>>>    Momentum Builds Against SOPA and PIPA 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thousands of websites — including Wikipedia, reddit, BoingBoing,
>>>>> FreePress.net and SavetheInternet.com — will go dark<http://sopastrike.com/>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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Millions of Internet users have succeeded in slowing down the
>>>>> Hollywood-funded momentum of these bills. A House vote on SOPA has now been indefinitely
>>>>> postponed<http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204167-sopa-shelved-until-consensus-is-found>.
>>>>> And the mainstream media, which had largely failed to cover<http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/12/01/17/blog/12/01/09/news-networks-sopa-blackout>what is arguably the biggest tech story of the year, are finally waking up.
>>>>> Last weekend, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes devoted an entire segment<http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/15/10161056-debating-sopa>to a debate on the legislation. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry
>>>>> Reid defended PIPA <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/> on *Meet
>>>>> the Press* last Sunday (hey, at least it got covered!).
>>>>>
>>>>> Just in time for tomorrow’s blackout, the White House has announced
>>>>> its opposition<https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition-tool/response/combating-online-piracy-while-protecting-open-and-innovative-internet>to provisions in both bills that pose a threat to free speech. And even
>>>>> Google is altering its valuable homepage<http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57360223-261/google-will-protest-sopa-using-popular-home-page/>to include a note protesting SOPA and PIPA.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Both bills are said to target only foreign websites that are
>>>>> explicitly in the business of promoting copyright-infringing content. But
>>>>> they would do much to harm the global Internet<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/how-pipa-and-sopa-violate-white-house-principles-supporting-free-speech>,
>>>>> and a provision in both bills would allow tampering with the Internet’s
>>>>> technical infrastructure in a way that Internet engineers agree would harm
>>>>> online security<http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/internet-engineers-to-congress.html>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Innocent until proven guilty, anyone?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         --
>>>>> Josh Levy
>>>>> Internet Campaign Director
>>>>> Free Press :: www.freepress.net
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>>>>> Twitter: @levjoy
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