A lot of interesting stuff has been said on the internet-history mailing list over at postel.org on the subject of SOPA on a thread about the EFF calling for tech people signatures against the bill.

Interested people can consult the whole thread here.

Most interesting exchanges came from answers to and from Richard Bennet, as well as an argument debate (thx Dorothy ;) ) between John Curran and Paul Vixie.

Nicolas

On 21/12/2011 2:33 PM, Alex Gakuru wrote:
[log in to unmask]" type="cite">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]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org
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>>>
>>>
>>
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