[NTLK] SOPA Legislation

[Rusty Miles]

For what it's worth, there is an organization called Freepress (http://www.freepress.net/) that is very active in "media reform" and one of their campaigns (http://www.savetheinternet.com/) is very much opposed to SOPA and is campaigning hard against it was well.  Worth taking a look if you're interested.

Rusty Miles
Nashville, TN

-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net [mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Laurence W Brown
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 7:51 PM
To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
Cc: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] SOPA Legislation

Just the kind of legal-bullying-for-hire that big rights-holders understand and look to use, so they can (or so they hallucinate) maximize profit at almost no cost to them...

Sent from my 2Pad...

On Jan 16, 2012, at 15:39, Andrew Beals <andrew.beals at gmail.com> wrote:

> Perhaps they're just looking for certain hex strings?
> 
> https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!category-topic/websearch/unexpected-search-results/HFUisAWVCFs
> 
> Like you, Tony, this ^ guy had legit content flagged by them.
> 
> A sample request:
> 
> http://www.indowebster.web.id/archive/index.php/t-66704-p-2.html
> 
> Looking at LeakID's site...  Yep, they get contracted by companies to scour
> the 'net and send DMCA take-down notices.  It's going to take a big lawsuit
> to shut them down.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Tony Kan <tony.kan at clear.net.nz> wrote:
> 
>> Trouble is my Newton archive on 4shared is under threat because someone
>> called LeakId made two complaints under the DMCA and file in question was a
>> zipped file of the Newton FAQ!  4Shared say they have a 3 strikes policy.
>> After which they will block the account.
>> 
>> 4Shared say I should contact LeakID to work it out; but after initially
>> ascertaining the nature of the file in question, LeakID have stopped
>> replying to my emails and have not notified 4Shared that it was a mistake.
>> 
>> Now someone needs to make one more complaint and POOF the archive is gone.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Tony Kan
>> 
>> Christchurch
>> New Zealand
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net [mailto:
>> newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Dan
>> Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2012 11:03 a.m.
>> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] SOPA Legislation
>> 
>> Yes, however with the DMCA it is only removing the cited content not the
>> whole site.  In this case if you find a speck of dirt (or not just be
>> accused of) the whole building/city is removed.  It is firing a nuclear
>> missiles at a country to kill a few rats.
>> [snip]
>> 
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