Bummer about Al Franken, let's hope for the best. On the bright side, I just posted a neat little story from the Politics of Piracy student-facilitated course out here in Berkeley.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mak/blog/?p=208 As part of the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative, one student created the initial COICA Wikipedia article, which has gotten tons of hits and has really contributed to building awareness around this bill. There was even a run-in with an editor who added a slant to the article (violation of "neutral point of view" principle), but a different Wikipedia editor came in and cleaned it up! - Matt > One analysis I read said that committee members often vote for things they > oppose if it's clear that it'll pass even if they vote it down in order to > curry favor with the committee chair for later, so it's possible that's > why > it passed unanimously. Still disheartening, though. > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Adi Kamdar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kinda bummed that Al Franken supported it... >> >> -Adi >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Fred Benenson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> The consensus seems to be that it'll die in session, so it feels more >>> like >>> posturing, but still very scary. >>> >>> ~ ~ ~ >>> thoughts / http://fredbenenson.com/blog >>> work / http://kickstarter.com >>> sights / http://flickr.com/fcb >>> sounds / http://www.last.fm/user/mecredis >>> status / http://twitter.com/mecredis >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Kat Walsh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Note that it's only gotten past the Judiciary Committee--it's has not >>>> been made into law yet. Still, it is pretty disheartening to see it >>>> get out of committee and especially to see that it was unanimous. >>>> >>>> -Kat >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Danny Piccirillo >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > I'm sad about this so i'm spamming it >>>> > about. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/11/case-against-coica >>>> > For those of you on Reddit and/or Identica >>>> > >>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/e88zc/coica_just_passed_reddit_anonymous_internet_at/ >>>> > http://identi.ca/notice/58871279 >>>> > -- >>>> > .danny >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Your donations keep Wikipedia online: http://donate.wikimedia.org/en >>>> Wikimedia, Press: [email protected] * Personal: [email protected] >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mindspillage * (G)AIM:mindspillage >>>> IRC(freenode,OFTC):mindspillage * identi.ca:mindspillage * phone:ask >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> >> > > > -- > Alec Story > Cornell University > Biological Sciences, Computer Science 2012 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
