Liz Rea <[email protected]> > It would be easy to participate in the SOPA/PIPA web blackout protest > tomorrow on koha-community.org, should we? > > Good idea? Bad idea?
If this means taking the websites offline, then I feel it's an awful idea for many reasons: firstly, it's self-harm, hurting our friends and not directly affecting our opponents; secondly, US websites didn't protest or go offline while Brits were fighting EUCD, RIPA, IPRED and so on (solidarity is not a one-way street and I see no prospect that US websites will go offline for future foreign issues); it demonstrates that the web can survive without those who oppose; and probably more reasons I've not thought of quickly. Protest banners/posts: +1 Defeating ourselves with a blackout: -1 Hope that explains, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
