I think the thing to do is to get RTmark or the YESmen or some other
organization that's used to be sued involved.
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:52:04AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
| Just wondering...
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| Would there be an easy "blacknet" way to offer those t-shirts that would be
| un-shutdownable?
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| Also, as an added (perhaps necessary) benefit, the ability to protect
| (through anonymity) those that ran the site?
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| Plus, another thought occurs to me. Is it possible, perhaps, via "Blacknet"
| for the site operator to put up the site for a predefined time period,
| during which it is impossible even for the site operator to take it down?
| How would that work as a legal defense? ("Sorry Delta. My site is on an
| autonymous Server and even I can not shut it down until its expiration date
| on 6/22/03. Indeed, I do not even know where the server or service provider
| is.")
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| -TD
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| >From: Bill Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| >Subject: CAPPS II pilot at San Jose - Delta to CAPPS II Boycotters: No
| >more Coffee Mugs
| >Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 22:42:40 -0800
| >
| >Breaking news - The three airports in Delta's pilot project include San
| >Jose.
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| >
| >Last week Bill Scannell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> announced the
| >BoycottDelta.org protest against Delta's collaboration with the CAPPS II
| >pass-law pilot project. Among other publicity activities,
| >BoycottDelta.org had T-shirt for sale on CafePress.com,
| >but Delta has filed a "intellectual property" complaint to stop them,
| >in spite of the Supreme Court's position that parody is protected,
| >and if you've seen the BoycottDelta.org logo, it's clearly just parody.
| >---------------------
| >
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| >
| >Delta Shuts Down BoycottDelta Shop
| >
| >CAPPS II Collaborator Stops T-Shirt Sales, Continues Privacy Invasion
| >
| >Austin, TX (8 March 2003) -- BoycottDelta, an on-line website advocating a
| >total boycott of Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) until the airline stops all
| >cooperation with a test of the CAPPS II program, had its on-line
| >'BoycottDelta Action Tools' store closed down as a result of an
| >intellectual
| >property rights violation alleged and filed by Delta with the store's host,
| >CafePress.com .
| >
| >The store sold t-shirts, coffee mugs and stickers affixed with the
| >BoycottDelta logo, allowing activists to show their support for the
| >campaign. The BoycottDelta logo consists of an all-seeing eye within a red
| >and blue triangle. All BoycottDelta products were sold at cost.
| >
| >BoycottDelta founder Bill Scannell expressed astonishment with Delta's
| >move.
| >
| >"Delta Air Lines has been deluged with thousands of emails and calls from
| >their customers over the past week complaining about their CAPPS II
| >testing,
| >and the best Delta can come up with is to say 'don't wear a t-shirt'? This
| >is corporate arrogance at its finest."
| >
| >Over 200,000 unique visitors have visited the BoycottDelta website since it
| >went live on the 3rd of March.
| >
| >Alternate sources of BoycottDelta protest tools are being identified. A
| >new
| >on-line store will be launched shortly.
| >
| >The Google cache of the store can be seen at:
| >
| >http://216.239.57.100/search?q=cache:HSkdQ1hc4coJ:www.cafeshops.com/boycottd
| >elta+boycottdelta+action+tools&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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