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

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Instead of a complete blackout, a new front page explaining the
> SOPA/PIPA issue with a click-though to the standard site would be a
> reasonable compromise. I certainly don't want to sound US-centric, but
> it seems that US policy often has world-wide ramifications ( often
> negative ) and it's probably in the best interest of every Internet
> user anywhere that SOPA/PIPA don't become law.
>
> Kyle
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> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:22 PM, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> > 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,
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