Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA, threat or menace (was Russian Wikipedia goes on strike)

2012-07-12 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Seth Finkelstein se...@sethf.com wrote: Anthony wrote: Well, it also has to be read keeping in mind that it would be borderline malpractice for him to have stated if SOPA passes then Wikipedia will be in violation of the law and forced to shut down - just in

[Wikimedia-l] SOPA, threat or menace (was Russian Wikipedia goes on strike)

2012-07-11 Thread Seth Finkelstein
SOPA didn't threaten the existence of Wikipedia, Geoff Brigham opined otherwise, IIRC. Yes, on the basis that Wikipedia arguably falls under the definition of an 'Internet search engine'. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/12/13/how-sopa-will-hurt-the-free-web-and-wikipedia/ I may regret

Re: [Wikimedia-l] SOPA, threat or menace (was Russian Wikipedia goes on strike)

2012-07-11 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Seth Finkelstein se...@sethf.com wrote: Semi-digression - I'd take the above argument more seriously if dedicated Wikipedia editors didn't keep making BADSITES proposals. It's also interesting to watch the overlap of PIPA-opponents, and Citizens United