NCUC letter for SOPA/PIPA

[Sarah El Ebiary]

This is extremely great, thank you!

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Dorothy K. Gordon <
director-general at aiti-kace.com.gh> wrote:

> I have sent it to DigAfrica as well as Ghana based lists.
>
> Dorothy K. Gordon
> Director-General
> Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
> Mobile: 233 244 311 348
>  BB  : 233 265005712
> Direct Line: 233 302 683579
> Website: www.aiti-kace.com.gh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Gakuru" <gakuru at GMAIL.COM>
> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 December, 2011 9:34:42 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca /
> Monrovia
> Subject: Re: NCUC letter for SOPA/PIPA
>
> Hi,
>
> Have a post citing the letter at my blog codepolitical.blogspot.com -
> bear with me on explained challenge.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
> On 12/15/11, Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk> wrote:
> > I think it can be circulated widely – I am putting up on twitter and
> other
> > social media.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > KK
> >
> > From: "Dorothy K. Gordon"
> > <director-general at aiti-kace.com.gh<mailto:
> director-general at aiti-kace.com.gh>>
> > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:15:17 +0000
> > To: Konstantinos Komaitis
> > <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>>
> > Cc: "NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> >"
> > <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>>
> > Subject: Re: NCUC letter for SOPA/PIPA
> >
> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop. It is a well-drafted document
> especially
> > given the time you had to pull it together. May we now circulate this
> > widely? I believe that the clarity and simplicity of the text would lend
> > well to public advocacy on this very important subject.
> >
> > best regards
> >
> > Dorothy K. Gordon
> > Director-General
> > Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
> > Mobile: 233 244 311 348
> >   BB  : 233 265005712
> > Direct Line: 233 302 683579
> > Website: www.aiti-kace.com.gh
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Konstantinos Komaitis"
> > <k.komaitis at STRATH.AC.UK<mailto:k.komaitis at STRATH.AC.UK>>
> > To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 14 December, 2011 9:00:45 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca /
> > Monrovia
> > Subject: NCUC letter for SOPA/PIPA
> >
> > 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: k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>
> >
>
> --
> Sent from my mobile device
>
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