sopa strike

Tue Jan 17 19:39:29 CET 2012

Thanks for the info, DeeDee.

I just noticed Craigslist has an action page w/ links on various methods to
protest #*SOPA* <https://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23SOPA>
#*PIPA*<https://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23PIPA>-

http://www.craigslist.org/about/SOPA

(From Craigslist below)
about <http://www.craigslist.org/about/> > SOPA

Corporate supporters of HR3261 (SOPA) and S968 (PIPA) demand the ability to
take down any web
site<https://www.eff.org/issues/coica-internet-censorship-and-copyright-bill>
that
affects their profits -- without due process or judicial oversight -- in
the name of combating "online
piracy<http://gigaom.com/2012/01/13/tim-oreilly-why-im-fighting-sopa/>."
Hoping
you won't notice or care, quite a few of our Public Servants want to give
them that right. <http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/>

Believe it or not, Monster
Cable<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111005/08134716207/monster-cable-blames-rogue-sites-rather-than-its-own-business-practices-stealing-good-will.shtml>(remember
"Monster
Park<http://www.commercialalert.org/news/news-releases/2004/11/san-francisco-approves-referendum-against-sale-of-naming-rights-for-candlestick-park>
"?) considers craigslist a "rogue site" for blacklisting and takedown under
PIPA<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111005/10082416208/monster-cable-claims-ebay-craigslist-costco-sears-are-rogue-sites.shtml>
-
apparently 2nd hand sales of stereo cables by CL users is reducing
Monster's sales of new cables.
(reddit<http://www.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/comments/oh4qx/craigslist_monster_cable_considers_craigslist_a/>
).

SOPA/PIPA authors<http://www.vice.com/read/lamar-smith-sopa-copyright-whoops>and
supporters<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xjisu18X6s7lPtAsIQg5Ol3KJjymPT2az1kasQVwGiw/edit?pli=1>
insist
they're only after foreign piracy sites, but Internet Engineers understand
this is an attempt to impose "Big Brother" control over our
Internet<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/internet-inventors-warn-against-sopa-and-pipa>,
complete with DNS hijacking and censoring search
results<https://plus.google.com/u/0/109813896768294978296/posts/Dt6FoRv6hXJ>
.

<RANT>What could be more anti-American than jack-booted thugs throttling
our free speech, poisoning that greatest of American inventions, the
Internet, while devastating perhaps our most successful and competitive
industry? There's got to be a better way to sell more stereo cables.</RANT>

*★ ☆ ★ Tell Congress you OPPOSE H.R. 3261 "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA)
and S. 968 "Protect IP Act" (PIPA) *★ ☆ ★

   - Reverse Robocall ALL pro-SOPA MOC + Key
Lobbyists<http://www.reverserobocall.com/blog/reverserobocall-com-wants-to-stop-sopa-and-give-to-the-electronic-frontier-foundation-eff>
(Genius!
   More info on Ars
Technica<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/reverse-robocall-campaign-lets-citizens-phone-blast-sopa-supporters.ars>
   )
   - Phone your Member of Congress via nifty Progressive Change
app<http://sopa.boldprogressives.org/call/call_sopa_allcongress_craigslist/?source=craigslist>
   - Contact Senators who are refusing to meet with
constituents<http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/oe3mf/these_61_senators_are_refusing_to_meet_with_their/>
about
   SOPA/PIPA.
   - EFF Congressional Emailer - Oppose Internet Blacklisting (SOPA &
PIPA)<https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173>
   - ECA Congressional
Emailer<http://action.theeca.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5006>
-
   Don't Censor Our Internet!
   - OpenCongress Congressional Emailer - Oppose
SOPA<http://www.opencongress.org/contact_congress_letters/new?bill=112-h3261&position=oppose>
   - Generic Congressional
Emailer<https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml> (You'll
   need your Zip+4<https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction%21input.action>
   )
   - Petition Congress - Protect Innovation, Dump
SOPA<http://sopa.boldprogressives.org/survey/survey_sopa_reddit/?source=craigslist>(Progressive
Change )
   - Outside the US? Sign Petition Opposing US Censorship of Global
Sites<http://americancensorship.org/modal/state-dept-petition/index.html>
    (EFF)

*Supporters of SOPA: *RIAA, MPAA, News
Corp<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal>,
TimeWarner, Walmart, Nike, Tiffany, Chanel, Rolex, Sony, Juicy Couture,
Ralph Lauren, VISA, Mastercard, Comcast, ABC, Dow Chemical, Monster Cable,
Teamsters, Rupert
Murdoch<http://www.businessinsider.com/yes-a-google-employee-responded-to-rupert-murdochs-tweets-2012-1>,
Lamar Smith (R-TX)<http://www.vice.com/read/lamar-smith-sopa-copyright-whoops>,
John Conyers (D-MI)

*Opponents of SOPA*: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, craigslist, Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn, eBay, AOL, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, Etsy, Zynga, EFF,
ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Nancy
Pelosi (D-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX)

*Where does your Member of Congress stand on
SOPA*?<http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/> (Project
SOPA Opera)

*SOPA and PIPA Are Too Dangerous To Revise, They Must Be Killed Entirely *

Congress needs to hear from
you<http://www.reverserobocall.com/blog/reverserobocall-com-wants-to-stop-sopa-and-give-to-the-electronic-frontier-foundation-eff>,
or these dangerous bills will pass <http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/> -
they have tremendous lobbying dollars behind them, from corporations
experts say are attempting to prop up outdated, anti-consumer business
models <http://gigaom.com/2012/01/13/tim-oreilly-why-im-fighting-sopa/> at
the expense of the very fabric of the Internet -- recklessly unleashing a
tsunami of take-down notices and litigation, and a Pandora's jar of
"chilling effects" and other unintended (or perhaps intended?) consequences.

There is still time to be heard. Congress is starting to
backpedal<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/under-voter-pressure-members-of-congress-backpedal-on-sopa.ars>
on
this job-killing, anti-American nonsense, and the Obama administration has
weighed in against<https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition-tool/response/combating-online-piracy-while-protecting-open-and-innovative-internet>these
bills as drafted, but SOPA/PIPA
cannot be fixed or revised -- they must be killed
altogether<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/sopa-hollywood-finally-gets-chance-break-internet>
.

Sen Darrell Issa <http://twitter.com/#%21/darrellissa> (R-CA) and Rep Ron
Wyden <http://twitter.com/#%21/ronwyden> (D-OR) are championing an
alternative<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/wyden-issa-and-cea-prepare-for-critical-battles-against-sopa-and-pipa.ars>to
SOPA/PIPA called Online
Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act
(OPEN)<http://keepthewebopen.com/>that addresses foreign sites
dedicated to piracy, without disrupting basic
Internet protocols, or threatening mainstream US sites like craigslist.

Tim O'Reilly, a publisher who is himself subject to piracy, asks whether
piracy is even a problem, and whether there is even a legitimate need for
any of these bills<http://gigaom.com/2012/01/13/tim-oreilly-why-im-fighting-sopa/>
.

*Learn more about SOPA, Protect IP (PIPA), and Internet Blacklisting*:

   - Growing Chorus of Opposition to
SOPA<http://cdt.org/report/growing-chorus-opposition-stop-online-piracy-act>
   - Open Letter against SOPA from 83 Prominent Internet
Engineers<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/internet-inventors-warn-against-sopa-and-pipa>
   - Why SOPA and Protect IP (PIPA) are Bad, Bad
Ideas<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111122/04254316872/definitive-post-why-sopa-protect-ip-are-bad-bad-ideas.shtml>
    (Techdirt)
   - Piracy not a problem, SOPA/PIPA
unnecessary<http://gigaom.com/2012/01/13/tim-oreilly-why-im-fighting-sopa/>(Tim
O'Reilly on GigaOM)
   - SOPA News <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=SOPA>
(Google
   News)
   - SOPA Wikipedia entry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act>
   - SOPA FAQ<http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/?tag=mncol;txt>
    (CNET)

On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 9:48 AM, DeeDee Halleck <deedeehalleck at gmail.com>wrote:

> http://sopastrike.com/
>
>
> From a post to facebook:
> *On Jan 18th*, sites will go dark to protest the internet censorship bills<http://sopastrike.com/#strike-data>.
> Urge the biggest sites to join the strike: *Sign the Petition*.
> Participating? *Add your site* to the list, and spread the word.
>
> xx
> dd
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