On 12/17/11, Gmail <
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> 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
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> On 17 Dec 2011, at 19:03, Alex Gakuru <
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>> Anybody with more details on this? Thanks
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>> "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 <
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>>> 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
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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:
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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