Hello,

New 'Firewall' song protests SOPA copyright bill (Q&A)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57345870-281/new-firewall-song-protests-sopa-copyright-bill-q-a/

regards,

Alex

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
>