On 17 January 2012 13:16, Harry Burt <[email protected]> wrote: > As of time of writing, the U.S. Congress is currently considering the issue > of whether to tighten internet policing laws with regard to digital rights > enforcement. Whilst the overall goal of these pieces of proposed legislation > (mostly notably those known as SOPA and PIPA) is not necessarily > disagreeable, the suggested mechanisms for rights enforcement risk damaging > the quality, quantity and free character of speech on the internet. Given > the global nature of the internet, we, the undersigned, feel that the > British Government should consider the possible impact of these measures on > British citizens, and are confident that upon doing so it would see the > overt and immediate need to speak out on our behalf in this matter. > My stab at things. Thoughts? Does it need more explanation? Or is brevity > key?
FT2 wrote a good one on the comcom list ... - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
