Thanks! On 12/17/11, Gmail <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > A victory against SOPA and the congress : > http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/sopa_win/?source=fb > > I have curated various readings and positions on SOPA on my Pearltrees under > clarinette02 if anyone is interested. > > Tara > > IT/IP Lawyer > FlyAKite.org > Sent from my iPad > > On 17 Dec 2011, at 19:03, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Anybody with more details on this? Thanks >> -- >> "The House just acknowledged “legitimate concerns” about SOPA — its >> version of the PROTECT IP Act (pdf link) — and backed away from a vote >> that looked certain to occur. The Senate needs to do the same: PROTECT >> IP will kill jobs and innovation, undermine cyber security, censor the >> Internet, and provide ready justification to foreign regimes that want >> to crack down on dissent and political reform. >> >> http://absolutewrite.com/2011/12/16/sopa-on-hold-protect-ip-still-pending-an-open-letter/ >> >> On 12/16/11, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Just stumbled across this very good and detailed dissection of the >>> lobbying >>> and politics around SOPA, might be of interest. One of the more >>> depressing >>> observations: "The result was a perfect agglomeration of traditional >>> Democratic Party constituencies, enabling Leahy to quickly round up 21 >>> Democrats as co-sponsors -- including some of the most progressive and >>> Internet-friendly members of either chamber. Top members of the >>> Democratic >>> leadership, including Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dick Durbin >>> (D-Ill.), >>> signed on alongside progressive stalwarts, like Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) >>> and >>> Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), to the chagrin of Internet freedom groups who >>> had >>> once counted all of them as allies. All 22 Democratic co-sponsors of >>> Protect IP previously voted to protect net neutrality." >>> >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/14/sopa-protect-ip_n_1140180.html?view=print&comm_ref=false >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:27 PM, Joly MacFie wrote: >>> >>>> Is thefe a record on the House website of the submission? >>>> >>>> Just so there is a url to refer in the meantime to I have uploaded the >>>> letter to http://isoc-ny.org/ncuc/NCUC_Letter_on_SOPA+PIPA.pdf >>>> >>>> j >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis >>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> As you all know by now there is a great discussion taking place >>>> regarding >>>> the recent US legislative approaches regarding PIPA/SOPA. At yesterday's >>>> policy call, some members of NCUC suggested it would be great if NCUC >>>> were >>>> to join all the bodies - international organizations and institutions, >>>> individuals, civil society and academics – against these horrible >>>> copyright protection. >>>> >>>> Both Bills are meant to go for mark-up tomorrow, so there was no time >>>> for >>>> the letter to be put before the whole list. The letter – attached - has >>>> been drafted and ratified by both the NCUC EC and PC and was just sent; >>>> it >>>> reiterates the arguments already submitted and presented. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> KK >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, >>>> Senior Lecturer in Law, >>>> Director of LLM in Information Technology and Telems. Law, >>>> Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses, >>>> ICANN NCUC Chair >>>> University of Strathclyde, >>>> Graham Hills Bld. >>>> 50 George Street, >>>> Glasgow, G1 1BA, >>>> UK >>>> tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306 >>>> email: [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast >>>> WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com >>>> http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com >>>> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> - >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device > -- Sent from my mobile device