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

Wed Jan 18 16:29:50 CST 2012

Thanks for the explanation. Not to cause any alarm. BD

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just so everyone's on the same page with RFU, I was contacted by Don
> McClure and Stewart Levy about the EAS unit and the transmitter. They
> wanted access to the transmitter so I let them into the server room. They
> are dealing with it and have sent the transmitter to Nicom to be
> updated/fixed or whatever.
>
> Just so folks know what's going on. I would assume that Don let the NG
> know about it but I don't know.
>
> They expect the transmitter to be shipped back by sometime next week.
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>>  Not to get into RFU's biz, but the transmitter is busted, that's all.
>> Someone ought to correct this.
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On 1/18/2012 10:08 AM, Brian Dolinar 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?
>>>>
>>>>
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