It is the House Judiciary Committee which is marking up the SOPA bill this Thursday:<br><br><a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/calendar.html">http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/calendar.html</a><br><br>As for names, titles of who it needs to go to:<br>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The Honorable Lamar Smith</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Chairman</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Committee on the Judiciary</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">2138 Rayburn House Office Building</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Washington, DC 20515</span><br><br><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Ranking Member</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Committee on the Judiciary</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">2138 Rayburn House Office Building</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Washington, DC 20515</span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Re: H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act</span><br><br><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Dear Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Conyers,</span><br>
<br><br>You may need to call their offices to get email addresses. <br><br>(see e.g., <a href="http://newamerica.net/publications/resources/2011/Public_Interest_Letter_Opposing_HR_3261for">http://newamerica.net/publications/resources/2011/Public_Interest_Letter_Opposing_HR_3261for</a> another similar letter which includes some NCUC members)<br>
<br><br clear="all">---------------------------------------<br>Brenden Kuerbis<br>Internet Governance Project<br><a href="http://internetgovernance.org" target="_blank">http://internetgovernance.org</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/12/14 Konstantinos Komaitis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks Bill – the members of the committee are there but there are no contact details and I don’t have the bandwidth to go through them all to find their addresses. There are too many – does anyone have the address of someone we can send this letter to?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d">KK<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d">PS: perhaps someone in the US can send this letter due to time differences?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div class="im"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Senior Lecturer,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">University of Strathclyde,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">The Law School,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Graham Hills building, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">UK<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">tel: <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306" value="+441415484306" target="_blank">+44 (0)141 548 4306</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765" target="_blank">http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Selected publications: <a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038" target="_blank">http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Website: <a href="http://www.komaitis.org" target="_blank">www.komaitis.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> William Drake [mailto:<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Τετάρτη, 14 Δεκεμβρίου 2011 5:10 μμ<br><b>To:</b> Konstantinos Komaitis<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:pc-ncuc@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">pc-ncuc@ipjustice.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pc-ncuc] Letter on SOPA.docx<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Nice. I'm really slammed now and can't play with wording, but you might consider breaking up the one para sentence at the top, adding mention of undermining international support for the US-favored governance model, and noting the letters of opposition from EU etc. Or not. <u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">I'd send it to the committee members. I gave the house comm URL in the skype yesterday, Senate comm will have a page too.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">On Dec 14, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">Dear all,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">As discussed in yesterday’s policy call, here is a draft of the letter NCUC will send in relation to SOPA and PIPA and I would like to thank Brenden for getting a first crack at this. I am not sure who it should be addressed to and I don’t have the email or any contact as such. Can someone in the US please try to identify who this should be sent to and what is his/her contact details? Also, I don’t know if I should sign it the way I did – I did it as I think we need to have a name rather than just NCUC.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">The letter needs to be sent today as presumably tomorrow PIPA is headed for a mark-up.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1f497d">KK</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Senior Lecturer,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">University of Strathclyde,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">The Law School,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Graham Hills building,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">UK</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">tel: <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306" value="+441415484306" target="_blank">+44 (0)141 548 4306</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765" target="_blank">http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Selected publications:<span> </span><a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038" target="_blank">http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Bodoni MT Condensed","serif";color:#1f497d">Website:<span> </span><a href="http://www.komaitis.org/" target="_blank">www.komaitis.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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