Author: arma Date: 2012-01-19 17:57:45 +0000 (Thu, 19 Jan 2012) New Revision: 25327

Modified: website/trunk/en/sopa-pipa.wml Log: now that the flood is over, get rid of the sopa-pipa page, while still letting it function for those who linked to it

Modified: website/trunk/en/sopa-pipa.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/en/sopa-pipa.wml 2012-01-19 08:06:20 UTC (rev 25326) +++ website/trunk/en/sopa-pipa.wml 2012-01-19 17:57:45 UTC (rev 25327) @@ -1,68 +1,8 @@ ## translation metadata -# Revision: $Revision: 25296 $ -# Translation-Priority: 2-medium +# Revision: $Revision: 23689 $ +# Status: obsolete

-#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Blackout Against Copyright Overreach: Stop SOPA and PIPA" CHARSET="UTF-8" +#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Redirecting" REDIRECT_GLOBAL="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/blackout-against-copyright-overreach-stop-s..."

-<div id="content" class="clearfix"> - <div id="maincol"> - <!-- PUT CONTENT AFTER THIS TAG --> - <h1><a href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/blackout-against-copyright-overreach-stop-sopa-and-pipa">Blackout Against Copyright Overreach: Stop SOPA and PIPA</a></h1> -<hr> -<p> -The Tor Project doesn't usually get involved with U.S. copyright -debates. But SOPA and PIPA (the House's "Stop Online Piracy Act" and the -Senate's "Protect-IP Act") go beyond enforcement of copyright. These -copyright bills would strain the infrastructure of the Internet, on -which many free communications -- anonymous or identified -- depend. -Originally, the bills proposed that so-called "rogue sites" should be -blocked through the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS). That would have -broken DNSSEC security and shared U.S. censorship tactics with those of -China's "great firewall." -</p> - -<p> -Now, while we hear that DNS-blocking is off the table, the bills remain -threatening to the network of intermediaries who carry online speech. Most -critically to Tor, SOPA contained a provision forbidding "circumvention" -of court-ordered blocking that was written broadly enough that it <a -href="http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2011/12/15/stopping-sopas-anti-circum... -apply to Tor</a> -- which helps its users to "circumvent" -local-network censorship. Further, both bills broaden the reach of -intermediary liability, to hold conduits and search engines liable -for user-supplied infringement. The private rights of action and -"safe harbors" could force or encourage providers to censor well -beyond the current DMCA's "notice and takedown" provision (of which <a -href="https://www.chillingeffects.org/%22%3EChilling Effects</a> documents -numerous burdens and abuses). -</p> - -<p> -On January 18, we're joining <a -href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-so...</a>, -<a -href="http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/stopped-they-must-be-on-this-all.html%22%3ERe...</a>, -the <a -href="http://blog.media.mit.edu/2012/01/media-lab-is-against-sopa-and-pipa.html%22... -Media Lab</a>, and <a href="http://americancensorship.org/">hundreds of -others</a> in protest, turning a portion of the Tor site black to call -attention to copyright balance and remind the US Congress and voters of -the value of the open Internet. -</p> - -<p> -U.S. citizens, please call or write, to <a -href="http://americancensorship.org/%22%3Eurge your representatives to stop -SOPA and PIPA</a>. Elsewhere in the world, keep an eye out for similar -legislation. and bring the fight there too. -</p> - - <hr> - <h1>The above is a static version of our January 18 <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/blackout-against-copyright-overreach-stop-sopa-and-pipa">blog post</a>.</h1> - - </div> - <!-- END MAINCOL --> -</div> -<!-- END CONTENT --> #include <foot.wmi>