Who let Ruben off the leash?
On 21 December 2014 at 01:37, Ruben Safir <mrbrk...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> Goliath Timeline
>
> All emphasis below ours
>
> October 17, 2013: Torrent index site Isohunt shuts down after losing a
> $110 million legal battle with MPAA. The MPAA effort was led by lawyer
> Steven Fabrizio.
>
> November 14, 2013: Chris Dodd announces that Fabrizio has joined MPAA as
> Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel.
>
> January 25, 2014: First known mention of Goliath in an email titled
> "Site Blocking / ISP Measures - INPUT REQUESTED" — from Fabrizio to
> Rebecca Prentice (Paramount), Leah Weil (Sony), Maren Christensen (NBC
> Universal), John Rogovin (Warner Bros.), Gary Roberts (Fox), and Alan
> Braverman (Disney): "My goal is to use our February meeting to present
> and discuss a detailed US Goliath strategy."
>
> February 24–26, 2014: The National Association of Attorneys General
> meet in Washington, DC. In attendance: Mississippi AG (and NAAG
> President-Elect) Jim Hood. Emails reveal a concerted effort during the
> event to rally support for Project Goliath.
>
> February 27, 2014: In an email titled "Goliath - PRIVILEGED &
> CONFIDENTIAL," Fabrizio tells the group of six that "we are going to
> spend the March 12th GC [General Counsel] meeting talking through (and
> seeking approval for) an expanded Goliath strategy."
>
> Outside counsel Tom Perrelli (a former AG now at Jenner & Block)
> provides input from the NAAG meeting: "[Goliath] pretty clearly told the
> AGs that they aren't going to do anything and essentially threatened the
> AGs with the possibility of attacking them as they attacked folks in DC
> during SOPA." Perrelli suggests "some subset of AGs (3-5, but Hood alone
> if necessary) should move toward issuing CIDs before mid-May."
>
> March 12, 2014: Leah Weil and Aimee Wolfson (both from Sony) attend a
> General Counsel meeting. In a March 6th email in advance of the meeting,
> Fabrizio includes the original six, Wolfson, and presumed +1s, Jeremy
> Williams (WB), Elizabeth Valentina (Fox), Steve Kang (NBC Universal).
>
> March 21, 2014: Fabrizio sends out an approval request for the Goliath
> strategy. "In short, this is a strategy based on supporting and
> strengthening the ongoing State AG effort... [which] is a subset of the
> larger Goliath strategy."
>
> April 29, 2014: Aimee Wolfson sends Leah Weil a blurb from an April GC
> report: "Search. As of March, MPAA referred 45 search results pointing
> to infringing content on Google..." Wolfson adds, "FYI re: Goliath
> end-game — this is from the GC report. Are we looking for more?"
>
> April 29, 2014: Maren Christensen (NBC Universal) forwards an email
> entitled "Goliath data summary." Attached is a PDF, "Search Engine
> Piracy Discussion (MPAA distribution).pdf"
>
> May 8, 2014: Fabrizio to group. "We’ve had success to date in
> motivating the AGs; however as they approach the CID phase, the AGs will
> need greater levels of legal support." He outlines two options, ranging
> from $585,000 to $1.175 million, which includes legal support for AGs
> (through Jenner) and optional investigation and analysis of ("ammunition
> / evidence against") Goliath. Both options include at least $85,000 for
> communication (e.g. "Respond to / rebut Goliath's public advocacy,
> amplify negative Goliath news, [and] seed media stories based on
> investigation and AG actions.").
>
> October 20, 2014: Fabrizio emails the team of six with the subject line
> "Google - Antipiracy Initiatives - Google Reaction to MPAA Statement"
> (For context: Google was unhappy with the MPAA's reaction to its latest
> antipiracy report). Fabrizio sees it as an opportunity. "We believe
> Google is overreacting — and dramatically so. Their reaction seems
> tactical (or childish). Our sense is that this will blow over and that,
> following the issuance of the CID by AG Hood (which may create yet
> another uproar by Google), we may be in a position for more serious
> discussions with Google."
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 05:35:52PM -0600, T.J. Duchene wrote:
> >
> > >Jude Nelson mentioned that he disliked GC for *systems programming*.
> Makes
> > me wonder, as a lot of system programming is done in shell.
> >
> > >Most programming I've done is with GC dynamic languages.
> > >That I'm ignorant of a lot of details of memory allocation hasn't been a
> > big obstacle up to now... although I confess all my work is at the
> > applications level.
> >
> > That's quite all right, Joel. Your input is always welcome and
> appreciated.
> > The point of these discussions is not to express superior knowledge, but
> to
> > learn from each other. Case in point, is that this discussion about
> > languages is not directly useful to Devuan, but someday, it might help
> > someone pick a language to write a tool that will be of great use to
> Devuan
> > users.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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