[Koha] US-Centric question - SOPA/PIPA protest blackout on k-c.org tomorrow (US time)?

[MJ Ray]

Liz Rea <lrea at nekls.org>
> It would be easy to participate in the SOPA/PIPA web blackout protest tomorrow on koha-community.org, should we?
> 
> Good idea? Bad idea? 

If this means taking the websites offline, then I feel it's an awful
idea for many reasons: firstly, it's self-harm, hurting our friends
and not directly affecting our opponents; secondly, US websites didn't
protest or go offline while Brits were fighting EUCD, RIPA, IPRED and
so on (solidarity is not a one-way street and I see no prospect that
US websites will go offline for future foreign issues); it
demonstrates that the web can survive without those who oppose; and
probably more reasons I've not thought of quickly.

Protest banners/posts: +1

Defeating ourselves with a blackout: -1

Hope that explains,
-- 
MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op.
http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer.
In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html
Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/