Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-06-04 Thread Deryck Chan
So will there be a Wikipedia blackout? PS. June 4 is the perfect date for such protests :) On 3 June 2013 23:42, Tilman Bayer tba...@wikimedia.org wrote: The EFF reports that this announcement by Taiwanese Wikimedians does appear to have had an effect:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-06-03 Thread Tilman Bayer
The EFF reports that this announcement by Taiwanese Wikimedians does appear to have had an effect: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/taiwanese-users-thwart-government-plans-introduce-internet-blacklist-law Taiwanese users were going to stage an Internet black out on Tuesday June 4th. Several

[Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-05-28 Thread Ted Chien
My dear colleagues, Recently on May 21 the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has announced that they will amend the Copyright Act to demand local ISPs to block illegal contents on foreign websites, just like the SOPA bill in USA last year. For more information, you can read the following news

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-05-28 Thread Benjamin Chen
On 28 May, 2013, at 9:43 PM, Ted Chien hsiangtai.ch...@gmail.com wrote: (from what we have discussed on zh.wp, the Chinese community has agreed on such blackout, but the date is still on discussion) For the record, I doubt if there is clear support/strong participation in the discussion. It

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-05-28 Thread Ted Chien
Hi Benjamin, Thanks for the reply. 2013/5/28 下午10:02 於 Benjamin Chen bencmqw...@gmail.com 寫道: On 28 May, 2013, at 9:43 PM, Ted Chien hsiangtai.ch...@gmail.com wrote: (from what we have discussed on zh.wp, the Chinese community has agreed on such blackout, but the date is still on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-05-28 Thread Benjamin Chen
On 28 May, 2013, at 11:32 PM, Ted Chien hsiangtai.ch...@gmail.com wrote: As I previously point out in my first question: can it be geo-targeting? With CentralNotice, yes you can make it target Taiwan users only. Regards, Benjamin Chen / [[User:Bencmq]]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-05-28 Thread Ted Chien
On 2013年5月28日Tuesday at 下午11:37, Benjamin Chen wrote: On 28 May, 2013, at 11:32 PM, Ted Chien hsiangtai.ch...@gmail.com (mailto:hsiangtai.ch...@gmail.com) wrote: As I previously point out in my first question: can it be geo-targeting? With CentralNotice, yes you can make it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-05-28 Thread Benjamin Chen
Don't get me wrong. CentralNotice can be used to block the entire page. It was used for the SOPA blackout. :) Regards, Benjamin Chen / [[User:Bencmq]] On 29 May, 2013, at 12:45 AM, Ted Chien hsiangtai.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On 2013年5月28日Tuesday at 下午11:37, Benjamin Chen wrote: On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA related bill in Taiwan

2013-05-28 Thread Ted Chien
Thanks for the explanation, I just saw your comment on zh.wp. Regards, Ted Chien -- Sent from my HTC One 2013/5/29 上午12:48 於 Benjamin Chen bencmqw...@gmail.com 寫道: Don't get me wrong. CentralNotice can be used to block the entire page. It was used for the SOPA blackout. :) Regards,