The latest news is souding hopeful:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/09/wikipedia-censorship-iwf-reconsiders
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2008/12/9 Sam Blacketer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The latest news is souding hopeful:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/09/wikipedia-censorship-iwf-reconsiders
That's good to know, thanks for that! Lets hope they do unblock it.
Isabell.
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On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:31 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to dropping in the line Wikipedia smells of hammers. ([[Brass Eye]])
Very nice! I liked the The FBI told them to go away-line :) I might
be biased, but I
If it has been posted to the discussion already i'm sorry, heres a link to
the discussion http://www.bathrobecabal.org/bbcinterview.mp3
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On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:44 AM, Cormac Lawler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12/8/08, K. Peachey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If it has been posted to the discussion already i'm sorry, heres a link to
the discussion http://www.bathrobecabal.org/bbcinterview.mp3
I just get silence on that link -
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:56 AM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/12/8 K. Peachey [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
If it has been posted to the discussion already i'm sorry, heres a link to
the discussion http://www.bathrobecabal.org/bbcinterview.mp3
Yeah, they pushed it to last in the
2008/12/8 Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Overall, good. I'll also be blunt: the 'experiment' speculation at the end
handed her a very strong close for the end of the interview. Everyone's a
critic (and these things are so much easier to second guess after the fact),
yet if another interview such
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Thomas Dalton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/12/8 Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Overall, good. I'll also be blunt: the 'experiment' speculation at the end
handed her a very strong close for the end of the interview. Everyone's a
critic (and these things are so
The point is that this group goes around preventing other people from
accessing this or that, and neither the website nor the visitors get a fair
notification. The way they handled this one was loopy, and if Wikipedia
didn't have such heavy traffic it probably would have gone unnoticed.
So what
2008/12/8 Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The point is that this group goes around preventing other people from
accessing this or that, and neither the website nor the visitors get a fair
notification. The way they handled this one was loopy, and if Wikipedia
didn't have such heavy traffic it
2008/12/8 Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The point is that this group goes around preventing other people from
accessing this or that, and neither the website nor the visitors get a fair
notification. The way they handled this one was loopy, and if Wikipedia
didn't have such heavy traffic it
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
snip
It's like that Voltaire-quote. You know which one I'm talking about
(I'm not gonna actually say it, because only douchebags actually say
it).
--Oskar
/snip
Does that mean I have to defend to the death your right /not/ to say it,
so as to assist you in your
Thomas Dalton wrote:
2008/12/8 Gregory Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Thomas Dalton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/12/8 Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Overall, good. I'll also be blunt: the 'experiment' speculation at the end
handed her a very strong
2008/12/8 Thomas Dalton [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Apparently there is a way to appeal, but from I can tell nobody wants
to tell us what it is.
Going on the Today program is traditionally a pretty effective way
to challenge any decision by a public body :-)
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Oh, I loved the Amazon has money and will sue, and (WP) is an
educational charity.. - so pleased you were able to wedge that in, David!
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In a message dated 12/7/2008 2:25:21 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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But child porn? please. Whomever that image /arouses/ belongs on a
sex offender registry.
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Sure when we finalize the ink on the thought police.
But until then, you
Yes, very good. :)
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:56 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/12/8 KillerChihuahua [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Oh, I loved the Amazon has money and will sue, and (WP) is an
educational charity.. - so pleased you were able to wedge that in,
David!
Yes. It stops
On 08/12/2008, Sam Blacketer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Further comments about how the IWF just ensured that millions go to see the
cover in order to work out what all the fuss is about. Millions of people
may just be an exaggeration.
Yeah, looks like only ~500K hits on the article so far:
2008/12/9 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On second thought, those pics would be derivative works of the cover and
hence not acceptable for Commons.
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A derivative work must pass the
In a message dated 12/8/2008 4:48:56 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If the album cover is the key feature of the picture (which it would
be, since that's the point of making the picture) then it could well
be enough.
I think it would be a hard
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to dropping in the line Wikipedia smells of hammers. ([[Brass Eye]])
- d.
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Will this be available online anywhere (either as a live stream or
archived)?
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:31 AM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to dropping in the line Wikipedia smells of hammers. ([[Brass Eye]])
-
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:40 PM, John Reaves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Will this be available online anywhere (either as a live stream or
archived)?
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/default.stm
Yes.
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I think the BBC make everything available on their site for a week.
Someone recording it and putting up an ogg would be nice!
2008/12/7 John Reaves [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Will this be available online anywhere (either as a live stream or
archived)?
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:31 AM, David Gerard
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:31 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to dropping in the line Wikipedia smells of hammers. ([[Brass Eye]])
Apparently the image is on the the deluxe boxed set sold everywhere,
It could be interesting if Wikimedians around the planet uploaded pictures
of themselves holding the cover. :)
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Gregory Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:31 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's now mainstream. IWF
On second thought, those pics would be derivative works of the cover and
hence not acceptable for Commons. It could be worthwhile, though, to have a
contact point for accepting such material.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It could be interesting if Wikimedians
2008/12/7 Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On second thought, those pics would be derivative works of the cover and
hence not acceptable for Commons. It could be worthwhile, though, to have a
contact point for accepting such material.
Yes, they couldn't go on commons, but they would almost certainly
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Thomas Dalton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/12/7 Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On second thought, those pics would be derivative works of the cover and
hence not acceptable for Commons. It could be worthwhile, though, to have a
contact point for accepting such
Lemme know when its on youtube so I can give it a listen.
:-D
David Gerard wrote:
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to dropping in the line Wikipedia smells of hammers. ([[Brass Eye]])
- d.
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On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:31 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to dropping in the line Wikipedia smells of hammers. ([[Brass Eye]])
http://toolserver.org/~str4nd/virgin-killer-chart.png
[[Streisand effect]] ?
English Wikipedia strictures on nonfree image use would reduce the number of
acceptable images to a minimum. Unless this is a fair application of IAR,
it would be more effective for David Gerard to have a *large* number of
photos of volunteer editors from around the globe, proudly demonstrating
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Gregory Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:31 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to dropping in the line Wikipedia smells of hammers. ([[Brass Eye]])
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Oskar Sigvardsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Gregory Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:31 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's now mainstream. IWF representative to be present. I look forward
to
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
English Wikipedia strictures on nonfree image use would reduce the number of
acceptable images to a minimum. Unless this is a fair application of IAR,
it would be more effective for David Gerard to have a *large* number of
2008/12/7 Oskar Sigvardsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Durova [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
English Wikipedia strictures on nonfree image use would reduce the number of
acceptable images to a minimum. Unless this is a fair application of IAR,
it would be more effective for
Don't know if this is any use but a press search dug up an entry in The
Sun's WWW column from 18 January this year.
zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/index.htm
WHAT IS IT? The Museum Of Bad Album Covers - an online collection of the
worst sleeve art ever committed to cardboard.
WHAT'S ON OFFER? Ever
2008/12/8 Sam Blacketer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Covered in the Guardian's Technology blog in a very sympathetic way:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/dec/08/internet
The Scorpions album was released in 1976, so it's amazing to think that
civilisation has managed to survive for more
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