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[Laurence W Brown]

It - meaning the below analysis of SOPA - appears to be correct, and if so could eventually harm any site or service that any company decides, for whatever reason, however outrageous or flimsy, the continuing operation of which they do not wish to permit. Said corporate entitity gets to shut them down, and /if/ there's enough money to fight, /maybe/ the victim can come back by "proving themselves innocent." SOPA is, truly, an excellent example of the law that money can buy.

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On Jan 15, 2012, at 19:48, Tony Kan <tonykan at xtra.co.nz> 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.
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> 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
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> Tony Kan
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> Christchurch
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> New Zealand
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