Re: SOPA/PIPA and this CG

Great idea.

I'll be participating in the Wednesday, January 18, 2010 InterWeb blackout
protest as well. For all of you on a self-hosted WordPress-based site, you
can use this simple plugin to do the same:
http://wpmu.org/how-to-blackout-your-wordpress-site-in-protest-of-sopa-on-january-18th/

> 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 17:22:33 UTC