Met with Nancy Pelosi on SOPA - went well

[Alex Gakuru]

Dear Dorothy,

Let's collaborate in writing one then seek endorsements from various
African networks.

Shortly contacting you off list.

Thanks much,

Alex

On 1/13/12, Dorothy K. Gordon <director-general at aiti-kace.com.gh> wrote:
> Dear Alex, We need a one-pager African position on it with emphasis on
> e-commerce. Does it exist or are you writing it? Thanks
>
> Dorothy K. Gordon
> Director-General
> Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Gakuru" <gakuru at GMAIL.COM>
> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Friday, 13 January, 2012 12:38:48 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia
> Subject: Re: Met with Nancy Pelosi on SOPA - went well
>
> Happy to have provoked an African online journalist based in Somalia
> to speak out against SOPA/PIPA:
> http://nyakairu.me/why-sopa-will-be-a-tragedy-for-africa/
>
> He adds a new twist to threats ahead re: comments  left at blog posts
> that include malicious links to force the shutdown of such sites. I'd
> never considered it. The fear would be sufficient to compel all
> bloggers to block accepting readers comments.
>
> On 1/13/12, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
>> The issues involved are highly complex, I agree with Jorge that the best
>> solution is to get rid of all SOPA/PIPA-like bills of law which are
>> usually written by politicians' staff at the request of business lobbies
>> who themselves seem not to understand all implications.
>>
>> I strongly recommend the several articles on the technicalities (by
>> Vixie and others, besides the experts' manifesto signed by Crocker et
>> alia) which you can easily find in the CircleID portal.
>>
>> fraternal regards
>>
>> --c.a.
>>
>> On 01/13/2012 02:01 AM, Jorge Amodio wrote:
>>>> Just wondering if some one of you will come up with the same idea I'm
>>>> thinking of. And - I do think that we should put something reasonable on
>>>> the
>>>> table. And I think that the problem can be solved and we can solve it -
>>>> before they solve it for us.
>>>
>>> A substantial amount of smart people have been working for ages around
>>> the globe to reduce piracy and overall crime in meatspace, assuming
>>> that a complex problem can be  solved just by legislation and not a
>>> paradigm and business model change will be a bad start.
>>>
>>> SOPA's approach is like trying to reduce crime in meatspace by
>>> removing the street names from street signs.
>>>
>>> IMHO there is no simple solution and for sure can't be done just by
>>> legislation and law enforcement, much less when the process is biased
>>> with campaign contributions.
>>>
>>> -J
>>>
>>
>