[NTLK] SOPA legislation and Us

[J.M. Heinrichs]

1.  http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/22/2648219/stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-what-is-it
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

2. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120113/23560217407/sopa-delayed-cantor-promises-it-wont-be-brought-to-floor-until-issues-are-addressed.shtml

Much of the intent is directed at protecting US-owned cultural, film and music interests, and stymying competing foreign web interests.

Cheers
J.M. Heinrichs
 minicapt1 at mac.com

On 15 Jan 12, at 19:49, Tony Kan wrote:

> Hi Folks
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> 
> Just read this on the Marc archives:  
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> "MARC will be participating in SOPA Blackout Day. On January 18th, 2012 we
> will be dark.
> 
> SOPA is deeply flawed legislation that the United States Congress is
> currently considering. If SOPA (or something like it) were to become law in
> the U.S., mailing list archive sites like MARC would almost certainly need
> to shut down. Basically, SOPA promises to punish websites that publish
> content generated by third parties, without due process (i.e. sites and
> their administrators are guilty until proven innocent). It would make us
> liable for any content posted to any mailing list, that anyone may claim to
> be copyrighted material (they do not have to prove their claim; they do not
> have to be right)."
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> Is this really true and does it have implications for UNNA?
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> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> Tony Kan
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> 
> 
> Christchurch
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> New Zealand
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