<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I think it is a good sign for now. It shows organised resistance works to an extent (ideally the bill will have been killed outright).<div>However, it does, as Pat alludes to, highlight the need for constant vigilance – PIPA is still looming as far as we know, and SOPA will probably make a return. If it does, it will certainly strike at an unexpected time. We have to stay on our toes. As for the blackout, I hope it will go on, to drive the point home.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>- Mozart</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>===</div><div>Mozart Palmer</div><div>Pirate Party Australia</div><div>===</div></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On 17/01/2012, at 3:15 AM, Pat Mächler wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><a href="http://www.examiner.com/computers-in-denver/house-kills-sopa">http://www.examiner.com/computers-in-denver/house-kills-sopa</a><br><br>I have doubts that this is a good sign.<br>I think they're just retreating to come forth at another moment when<br>there's less organized resistance.<br><br>On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Pirat@LennStar.de <pirat@lennstar.de> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I put the text on my states blog. There are several links, one of them<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">has a list of confirmed striking webpages like reddit, Mozilla, Minecraft...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://blog.piraten-lsa.de/2012-01-16/schwarzes-internet-sopa-und-pipa<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I think the most useful for you are the 2 above the heading of Corys<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Post translation.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">LennStar<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Am 16.01.2012 14:00, schrieb Mozart:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">This is starting to drive me a bit crazy. I'm trying to write a press<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">release for PPAU, but can't work out what to say. The details of who are<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">involved, when it will be, how long it will last are very sketchy. Has<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">anyone read any official statements from the companies planning to black<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">out their sites?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Cheers,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Mozart.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On 16/01/2012, at 11:52 PM, Pat Maechler aka Valio wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">The site sopastrike.com now suggests "AT 8AM WEDNESDAY, PUT THIS ON<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">YOUR SITE."<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">What is contradictory: sopastrike.com suggests 12 hours; the linked<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">site only suggests 150 seconds<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://americancensorship.org/modal/sopastrikeoverlay.html<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">BTW: The Swiss pirates have already been covered on the story in a<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">national newspaper<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/digital/sopa_weisses_haus_dns_sperren_google_1.14360763.html<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">i.e. it's a good opportunity for media coverage for pirates as well.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">fair winds<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">-pat<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">____________________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">____________________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">____________________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></blockquote>____________________________________________________<br>Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br>pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>