Can you at least tone down the rhetoric. That's probably the main reason few have responded yet.
Tom Morton On 17 Apr 2012, at 20:38, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Todd Allen <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Todd Allen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Mono <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Well, piracy is illegal and piracy stems from file sharing... >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, April 16, 2012, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> First there were SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and OPEN. Now there is going to be >>>>>> Yet Another Attempt >>>>>> to enact draconian legislation through mislabeling the real purpose of >>>>>> IP legislation by inserting >>>>>> it as a rider to law supposedly intended to help in combatting >>>>>> Cyber-terrorism: CISPA. >>>>>> >>>>>> From the link below: >>>>>> >>>>>> "It's a little piece of Sopa [the Stop Online Piracy Act] wrapped up >>>>>> in a bill that's >>>>>> supposedly designed to facilitate detection of and defence against >>>>>> cyber-security >>>>>> threats. The language is so vague that an ISP could use it to monitor >>>>>> communications of subscribers for potential infringement of >>>>>> intellectual property." >>>>>> >>>>>> In effect this law is directed against file-sharers, not Cyber terrorism. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17730266 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:;> >>>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >>>> >>>> I've heard that pirates also use the Internet. We need to get rid of >>>> that thing immediately. >>>> >>>> Wait! What if they burn CDs/DVDs/Blu-Rays? We need to get rid of all >>>> those blank discs, right now! >>>> >>>> And hey wait, they all breathe, too! If we just stop people from >>>> breathing, we can put an end to it. >>>> >>>> Just because a technology is used to break the law doesn't mean it's >>>> responsible for the lawbreaking. Filesharing networks are no more >>>> responsible for piracy than the telephone company is responsible for a >>>> person calling in a bomb threat. >>>> >>> >>> So what's our game-plan? Don't please start arguing about the small >>> stuff. This is massive! >>> >>> I probably shouldn't even say this, but the foundation will look like a >>> massive prat, totally wrongfooted -- and grandstanding with all the >>> talk our spokespersons let slip out of their mouths after SOPA >>> went down, if they now pass CISPA, which is ten times worse. >>> >>> I've read the law, and it isn't pretty... >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >> >> Would it be possible to get enough other sites behind another protest? >> The last one didn't succeed just because of Wikipedia, it succeeded >> because there were so many. Facebook didn't do squat anyway, so nobody >> cares about them, but Google and Reddit are a different story. Just >> the threat of another protest (especially with a "They apparently >> didn't listen" theme), this close to elections, might be enough to put >> them off this one. It'll have to be something that shows they can't >> just wait a couple months and try again. >> > > I actually have my own battleplan but I would like to hear from more > people first, to be sure we are all on the same page that this is a > battle we cannot afford to lose. > > > -- > -- > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
