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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Given the UK's extradition treaty then US law DOES
apply to us.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I apologise for the politics but...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:PChilds@bcs.org.uk" title=PChilds@bcs.org.uk>Peter Childs</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" title=kent@mailman.lug.org.uk>Kent Linux
User Group - General Topics</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Klug-general] Internet
Shutdown Wednesday 18th</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I'll make two points (actually 3).
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<DIV>1. The US SOPA/PIPA is doing more to raise the awarness of why Copyright
is an issue, and why it does not work. Its doing far more to raise
the awareness of the things the FSF have been working for years or
could ever hope to manage.</DIV>
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<DIV>2. As it stands most of those who are against SOPA/PIPA are not
actually against what its means to stand for but because its so badly written
that it actually can't achieve what it sets out to achieve and does a lot
of collateral damage in the mean time. (Like so much modern law of
the last 30 years) </DIV>
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<DIV>3, Anyone who moans that only effects the US needs to think again. The EU
would love to bring in similar regulations and if the US pass this
the EU will only follow. You can't say it does not effect us just because
we're not in the US.</DIV>
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<DIV>Peter.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 17 January 2012 10:05, James Morris <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:jwm.art.net@gmail.com">jwm.art.net@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=im>On 17 January 2012 09:36, David Halliday <<A
href="mailto:david.halliday@gmail.com">david.halliday@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> Tomorrow the world is going to be rendered
stupid!<BR><BR></DIV>I'm stupid today:<BR><BR><A href="http://jwm-art.net"
target=_blank>http://jwm-art.net</A><BR>
<DIV class=HOEnZb>
<DIV class=h5><BR><BR><BR><BR>><BR>> <A href="http://xkcd.com/903/"
target=_blank>http://xkcd.com/903/</A><BR>><BR>><BR>> On 17 January
2012 09:13, Karl Buckland <<A
href="mailto:buckland.karl@gmail.com">buckland.karl@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> If you do want to take your website down,
here's some advice from<BR>>> Google so that doing so doesn't hurt
your SEO:<BR>>><BR>>> <A
href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/115984868678744352358/posts/Gas8vjZ5fmB"
target=_blank>https://plus.google.com/u/0/115984868678744352358/posts/Gas8vjZ5fmB</A><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
On 17 January 2012 08:17, Dan Attwood <<A
href="mailto:danattwood@gmail.com">danattwood@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>> > they will put a message up otherwise it's pretty
pointless, it will just<BR>>> > look like a broken
site:<BR>>> ><BR>>> > <A
href="http://boingboing.net/2012/01/15/freeopen-this-site-has-gone.html"
target=_blank>http://boingboing.net/2012/01/15/freeopen-this-site-has-gone.html</A><BR>>>
><BR>>> ><BR>>><BR>>>
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