SOPA/PIPA and this CG

Hi folks,

Here is a proposal: I think we should take part in the SOPA/PIPA protest
that will be happening across the Web in the coming week. If you don't
know what SOPA/PIPA is, here is some background:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOPA

SOPA/PIPA would negatively impact the work we're doing here.
Specifically, the monitoring rules and takedown notices would affect the
technological solution. So far, we've determined that SOPA would require
PaySwarm Authorities to cease doing business with anyone on the Web that
is /accused/ of copyright violations. Keep in mind that a takedown
request isn't required with SOPA and it strips away many of the safe
harbor provisions for websites that host content in the DMCA.

I've prepared a SOPA/PIPA protest page for the payswarm.com site, you
can preview it here:

http://payswarm.com/index-sopa.xhtml

On Monday, we would switch the site to serve that page as the landing
page from January 16th 2012 through January 19th 2012. Any objections?

-- manu

-- 
Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny)
Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
blog: PaySwarm vs. OpenTransact Shootout
http://manu.sporny.org/2011/web-payments-comparison/

Received on Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:32:17 UTC