[ale] [semi-OT] Stop Corporate Censorship of the Internet

Wolf Halton wolf.halton at gmail.com
Fri Dec 2 19:31:35 EST 2011


You cannot guarantee you will win in anything, really.
You can guarantee you will not win a battle you don't fight.


On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Shawn <taaj.shawn at gmail.com> wrote:

> call me cynical but we are fighting a war we will not win.. SOPA is a
> -retarded- bill that may pass .... patrtiot act...  I wouldn't be surprised
> to see this one go through either. Hopefully with the support of pelosi and
> franken it won't but we will see.
> the thing that bothers me is they are trying to make something legal that
> they do already without due process. It wasn't but a few weeks ago with a
> seizure of 100+ domains in preparation for black friday. I think its a good
> idea to remove shit sites that fool people but at what cost? We give up a
> little and lose a ton. This type of domain seizure by govt agencies is
> already happening and is going to continue. .
>
> http://torrentfreak.com/feds-seize-130-domain-names-in-mass-crackdown-111125/
>
> Even the stuff that is going on with CarrierIQ , its all just sickening.
> Atleast Franken has taken a step to get them talking more than their joke
> of a press release.
>
> http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/12/01/heres-the-letter-senator-al-franken-just-sent-to-phone-rootkit-firm-carrier-iq/
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I had already done it through EFF and went ahead and did it again
>> through moveon.org. Also just saw this article about
>> globalchokepoints.org on lwn.com https://lwn.net/Articles/469985/
>> On 11/30/2011 10:08 AM, Erik Mathis wrote:
>> > This was easy and only took 3 minutes of my day.
>> >
>> > -Erik-
>> >
>> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Raylynn Knight<seca900rider at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> >> I seldom agree with Aaron when it comes to politics, but I believe
>> this proposed legislation is the one mentioned by EFF @
>> https://eff.org/r.C8A and I would prefer people use that link to protest.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Aaron Ruscetta<arxaaron at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> The blood sucking corporapists are once again attacking
>> >>> our U.S. Constitution, our Freedom of Speech, the Internet
>> >>> and Fair Use. Sign the petition to call a stop to this fascist
>> >>> rape of America and theft of our Civil Liberties:
>> >>>
>> >>> <
>> https://pol.moveon.org/nointernetcensorship/?id=33343-17936664-jZKvLzx&t=2
>> >
>> >>>
>> >>> The legislation would allow the immediate shutdown of entire
>> >>> URL blocks based on any unsubstantiated whims of corporate
>> >>> media monopolists, leeching copyright hoarders and putrid
>> >>> patent trolls.
>> >>>
>> >>> peace
>> >>> aaron
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