[Ec-ncuc] [Pc-ncuc] Letter on SOPA.docx

Wed Dec 14 19:36:32 CET 2011

Thanks Robin ? you are a saviour?.

KK

From: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org<mailto:robin at ipjustice.org>>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:32:37 +0000
To: Brenden Kuerbis <bkuerbis at internetgovernance.org<mailto:bkuerbis at internetgovernance.org>>
Cc: Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>>, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch<mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>>, "EC-NCUC at ipjustice.org<mailto:EC-NCUC at ipjustice.org>" <ec-ncuc at ipjustice.org<mailto:ec-ncuc at ipjustice.org>>, "pc-ncuc at ipjustice.org<mailto:pc-ncuc at ipjustice.org>" <pc-ncuc at ipjustice.org<mailto:pc-ncuc at ipjustice.org>>
Subject: Re: [Ec-ncuc] [Pc-ncuc] Letter on SOPA.docx

No worries, law offices live in the past, so I've got a fax machine at my finger tips.

I have to take the dog out first and then can finalize and fax this over.  I'll send the finalized version to this thread for any last minute edits.

Thanks,
Robin

On Dec 14, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Brenden Kuerbis wrote:

As soon as I can fire up my wayback machine and go the 90s and get a fax machine...

Seriously, I'm on a train, don't have access to one right now.  Robin?

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>> wrote:
Thanks guys - can someone please put the final touches and fax it to the number provided by Robin? As soon as it is done we'll post it to the list.

Thank you all

KK

Sent from my iPhone

On 14 Dec 2011, at 17:49, "Robin Gross" <robin at ipjustice.org<mailto:robin at ipjustice.org><mailto:robin at ipjustice.org<mailto:robin at ipjustice.org>>> wrote:

I just phoned the committee about how to get it in their hands.  They said they don't accept anything via email (nice, huh?), only fax or snail mail.

So let's fax the letter to the committee.  This is the fax number they gave me 202-225-7680<tel:202-225-7680>

Terrific work on the letter, KK!

Thanks,
Robin

On Dec 14, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Brenden Kuerbis wrote:

It is the House Judiciary Committee which is marking up the SOPA bill this Thursday:

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/calendar.html

As for names, titles of who it needs to go to:

The Honorable Lamar Smith
Chairman
Committee on the Judiciary
2138 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
Ranking Member
Committee on the Judiciary
2138 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Re: H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act

Dear Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Conyers,

You may need to call their offices to get email addresses.

(see e.g., http://newamerica.net/publications/resources/2011/Public_Interest_Letter_Opposing_HR_3261for another similar letter which includes some NCUC members)

---------------------------------------
Brenden Kuerbis
Internet Governance Project
http://internetgovernance.org<http://internetgovernance.org/><http://internetgovernance.org/>

2011/12/14 Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk><mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>>>
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?

Thanks

KK

PS: perhaps someone in the US can send this letter due to time differences?

Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,

Senior Lecturer,
Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses
Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law
University of Strathclyde,
The Law School,
Graham Hills building,
50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA
UK
tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306><tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306>
http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765
Selected publications: http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038
Website: www.komaitis.org<http://www.komaitis.org/><http://www.komaitis.org/>

From: William Drake [mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch<mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch><mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch<mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>>]
Sent: ???????, 14 ?????????? 2011 5:10 ??
To: Konstantinos Komaitis
Cc: pc-ncuc at ipjustice.org<mailto:pc-ncuc at ipjustice.org><mailto:pc-ncuc at ipjustice.org<mailto:pc-ncuc at ipjustice.org>>
Subject: Re: [Pc-ncuc] Letter on SOPA.docx
Importance: High

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.

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.

On Dec 14, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis wrote:

Dear all,

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.

The letter needs to be sent today as presumably tomorrow PIPA is headed for a mark-up.

Thanks

KK

Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,

Senior Lecturer,
Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses
Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law
University of Strathclyde,
The Law School,
Graham Hills building,
50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA
UK
tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306><tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306>
http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765
Selected publications: http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038
Website: www.komaitis.org<http://www.komaitis.org/><http://www.komaitis.org/>

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