- From: Appelquist, Daniel, VF-Group <Daniel.Appelquist@vodafone.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 14:48:14 +0100
- To: "tag" <www-tag@w3.org>
- Cc: "Tim Berners-Lee" <timbl@w3.org>, "Henry Story" <henry.story@bblfish.net>, <rigo@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <C99D359E.9463%daniel.appelquist@vodafone.com>
Is there an opportunity to file a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of the TAG on this point? Dan On 09/03/2011 12:56, "Henry Story" <henry.story@bblfish.net> wrote: > Btw, the mail archives loose a lot of information in mails such as yours, as > they remove the HTML links that it contains, and only show the text version. > TimBL's thread is stored here > > http://www.w3.org/mid/C05B172D-578E-40C1-A130-4AF42D9DDCBB@w3.org > > Notice that the links are not available in the archive. Is this because issue > 25 is not resolved? ;-) > > Henry > > On 9 Mar 2011, at 11:18, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: > >> It seems Issue-25 has been escalated. >> Tim >> >> Re: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/group/track/issues/25 >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: "David Segal, DemandProgress.org <http://DemandProgress.org/> " >>> <info@demandprogress.org> >>> Date: 2011-03-09 0:09:36 GMT >>> Subject: Arrested >>> Reply-To: "David Segal, DemandProgress.org <http://DemandProgress.org/> " >>> <info@demandprogress.org> >>> >>> Breaking news: Demand Progress has obtained documents that reveal a radical >>> shift in how law enforcement is policing the Internet. >>> >>> Brian McCarthy ran a website that linked to various sites where you could >>> watch online streams of TV shows and sports networks. A couple months ago, >>> the government seized his domain name and on Friday theyarrested him and >>> charged him with criminal copyright infringement -- punishable by five years >>> in prison. We just dug up the complaint, and you can view it here. >>> <http://act.demandprogress.org/go/70?akid=342.37427.e-vjFU&t=1> >>> >>> Click here to tell the government that there's nothing illegal about linking >>> to another website -- and that they need to drop the charges right away! >>> <http://act.demandprogress.org/go/70?akid=342.37427.e-vjFU&t=2> >>> >>> The complaint reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and >>> Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) don't even allege that McCarthy >>> made a copy of anything! Just that his site linked to various sites with >>> copyrighted material. Under that sort of thinking, everyone who's sent >>> around a link to a copyrighted YouTube video is a criminal. >>> >>> This is another shocking overreach by DHS and ICE -- a steamship-era >>> department that's proving once again that it doesn't understand the >>> Internet. >>> >>> We need to push back -- and fast -- before they try to lock up more >>> Americans. Will you click here to tell DHS and ICE to back off? >>> <http://act.demandprogress.org/go/70?akid=342.37427.e-vjFU&t=3> >>> >>> Thanks for fighting back. >>> >>> -- The Demand Progress team >>> >>> P.S. This is a critical fight with huge ramifications for Internet freedom. >>> Will you forward this petition to your friends and help us make sure that >>> DHS and ICE know we're disgusted with their abusive behavior? >>> >>> Paid for by Demand Progress (DemandProgress.org <http://demandprogress.org/> >>> ) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. >>> Contributions are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal >>> income tax purposes.
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