[Klug-general] Internet Shutdown Wednesday 18th

[Thomas Edward Groves]

Given the UK's extradition treaty then US law DOES apply to us.
I apologise for the politics but...

Tom
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Childs 
  To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Internet Shutdown Wednesday 18th


  I'll make two points (actually 3).


  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.


  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) 


  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.


  Peter.


  On 17 January 2012 10:05, James Morris <jwm.art.net at gmail.com> wrote:

    On 17 January 2012 09:36, David Halliday <david.halliday at gmail.com> wrote:
    > Tomorrow the world is going to be rendered stupid!


    I'm stupid today:

    http://jwm-art.net





    >
    > http://xkcd.com/903/
    >
    >
    > On 17 January 2012 09:13, Karl Buckland <buckland.karl at gmail.com> wrote:
    >>
    >> If you do want to take your website down, here's some advice from
    >> Google so that doing so doesn't hurt your SEO:
    >>
    >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/115984868678744352358/posts/Gas8vjZ5fmB
    >>
    >>
    >> On 17 January 2012 08:17, Dan Attwood <danattwood at gmail.com> wrote:
    >> > they will put a message up otherwise it's pretty pointless, it will just
    >> > look like a broken site:
    >> >
    >> > http://boingboing.net/2012/01/15/freeopen-this-site-has-gone.html
    >> >
    >> >
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