From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2012-01-17 17:33:01
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Dear all, many of you will already be aware of the upcoming global protest against two proposed United States laws, called SOPA and PIPA. As Wikimedia put it: "These bills endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, setting a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world." More background information on why this is a threat to free and open wiki sites is provided by Wikipedia [1]. Semantic MediaWiki is taking these matters most seriously, and will join Wikipedia and many other sites [2] in a global strike against these proposals. This means that content of semantic-mediawiki.org will not be available from tomorrow (Wed, Jan 18) morning to Thursday morning. If you are a US citizen, you may want to take direct action, e.g., using the Web forms that will be provided on striking sites. Best regards, Markus [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout [2] http://sopastrike.com/ |
From: James H. K. <jam...@gm...> - 2012-01-17 21:38:17
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Dear all, Thanks for the action taken. For all those participants who need an academic analysis on ‘How SOPA violates the First Amendment’, please see comments[1] from Laurence Tribe (a professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School). [1] http://www.scribd.com/doc/75153093/Tribe-Legis-Memo-on-SOPA-12-6-11-1 Cheers, mwjames On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Markus Krötzsch <ma...@se...> wrote: > Dear all, > > many of you will already be aware of the upcoming global protest against > two proposed United States laws, called SOPA and PIPA. As Wikimedia put > it: "These bills endanger free speech both in the United States and > abroad, setting a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the > world." More background information on why this is a threat to free and > open wiki sites is provided by Wikipedia [1]. > > Semantic MediaWiki is taking these matters most seriously, and will join > Wikipedia and many other sites [2] in a global strike against these > proposals. This means that content of semantic-mediawiki.org will not be > available from tomorrow (Wed, Jan 18) morning to Thursday morning. > > If you are a US citizen, you may want to take direct action, e.g., using > the Web forms that will be provided on striking sites. > > Best regards, > > Markus > > [1] > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout > [2] http://sopastrike.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user |
From: Yury K. <kat...@gm...> - 2012-01-18 12:20:20
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I dare saying that our blackout is much better quality then the one on Wikipedia :-) -it's not just some piece of js, I really can't access to anything! I hope that those overkill projects SOPA and PIPA won't become a law. ----- Yury Katkov On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Markus Krötzsch < ma...@se...> wrote: > Dear all, > > many of you will already be aware of the upcoming global protest against > two proposed United States laws, called SOPA and PIPA. As Wikimedia put > it: "These bills endanger free speech both in the United States and > abroad, setting a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the > world." More background information on why this is a threat to free and > open wiki sites is provided by Wikipedia [1]. > > Semantic MediaWiki is taking these matters most seriously, and will join > Wikipedia and many other sites [2] in a global strike against these > proposals. This means that content of semantic-mediawiki.org will not be > available from tomorrow (Wed, Jan 18) morning to Thursday morning. > > If you are a US citizen, you may want to take direct action, e.g., using > the Web forms that will be provided on striking sites. > > Best regards, > > Markus > > [1] > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout > [2] http://sopastrike.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > |