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 http://www.kylehall.info Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:22 PM, MJ Ray <m...@phonecoop.coop> wrote: > Liz Rea <l...@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/ > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
