Anti-SOPA blackout Wednesday, Jan 18

You'll find there general news and announcements about forums and Mageia

Anti-SOPA blackout Wednesday, Jan 18

Postby wobo » Jan 18th, '12, 00:20

Romain (rda) posted this tonight on the mageia-discuss mailing list:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi everyone,

just a quick note to warn you that Mageia.Org will join anti-SOPA
online protest tomorrow Wednesday 18 January.

This will affect at least http://www.mageia.org, and maybe those other sites:
forums, blog, wiki - they will not be available, or only partly enough
to be noticed, on Wednesday 18 from early morning to midnight UTC.
Mailing-lists, build-system and other tools will not be affected.


# What is SOPA?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act and
http://sopastrike.com/ (beware these may be just blacked out tomorrow
Wednesday as well). You may be instested about PIPA as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act .

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201111 ... deas.shtml
is too a good read.

# Why do we join the online demonstration?

Although those are US bills, they would technically have a deep impact
on Internet-based practices and businesses all over the world -
notwithstanding that they may as well inspire other national bills
(some already did or tried, actually).

It's about outdated business models and practices that struggle to
survive (at all costs for others to pay), instead of embracing change
and struggling to reform. It's the reptilian brain against the
neocortex. It's the "back to the trees" mindset.

We could dissert about what this comes from, what is behind, etc. The
bottom line is that we oppose these changes, we oppose the mindsets
behind these changes, we oppose the vision of the Internet and of
society these changes want to lead to.

Joining the demonstration is a small, puny step. But it's ours.
wobo
---
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter
(Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin)
User avatar
wobo
 
Posts: 1649
Joined: Mar 22nd, '11, 17:13

Re: Anti-SOPA blackout Wednesday, Jan 18

Postby David_Batson » Jan 19th, '12, 03:31

I was wondering why forums.mageia.org was blacked out. None of the other forums I tried were blacked out.
David_Batson
 
Posts: 128
Joined: May 1st, '11, 05:19

Re: Anti-SOPA blackout Wednesday, Jan 18

Postby wobo » Jan 19th, '12, 04:09

You can read the announcement. The reason for the action is written there. Some sites decided to join, some didn't. We did.
Of course you were not blacked out for teh whole day. You surely spotted the link "Remove this" near the top of the page.
wobo
---
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter
(Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin)
User avatar
wobo
 
Posts: 1649
Joined: Mar 22nd, '11, 17:13

Re: Anti-SOPA blackout Wednesday, Jan 18

Postby DShelbyD » Jan 21st, '12, 14:00

Yesterday both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives postponed (for a while at least) consideration of these ill-advised pieces of legislation. I posted the following in Distrowatch last night, since there had been a long-winded discussion of SOPA/PIPA all week, but the post was immediately yanked for reasons I do not understand, and my subsequent e-mail to Ladislav to ask why, using the address on DW, was blocked.

86 • SOPA/PIPA postponed in U.S. House/Senate (by DShelbyD on 2012-01-21 02:39:57 GMT from United States)
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... =allsearch
David
User avatar
DShelbyD
 
Posts: 99
Joined: Mar 26th, '11, 18:00
Location: Lexington Park, Maryland, U.S.A.

Re: Anti-SOPA blackout Wednesday, Jan 18

Postby CaptSilver » Jan 22nd, '12, 09:42

It is simply postponed, it can be brought back to the committee at any time. Make sure your Senators and Representative know your opinion.

http://www.opencongress.org/articles/vi ... ill-It-Off
"Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is." ―Yoda

CaptSilver proudly runs Mageia 1 x86_64 on ASUS ROG G73-JH
CaptSilver
 
Posts: 16
Joined: Jan 22nd, '12, 00:12


Return to News and announcements

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest