[ale] Update On SOPA/PIPA: ALE Should Join the Strike !?

[arxaaron at gmail.com (Aaron Ruscetta)]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Vernard Martin <vernard at venger.net> wrote:
> On 1/17/2012 9:15 PM, Aaron Ruscetta wrote:
>>
>> EFF and other concerned organizations are sponsoring
>> an info web page on the SIPA / PIPA** legislation:
>> <http://sopacountdown.com/>
>>
>> Along with that link the groups sent plug-ins and links to a
>> plug-in for Wordpress that make it very easy to take your
>> site dark in solidarity with the January 18 (midnight to
>> midnight EST) protest that is being undertaken by many
>> prominent internet entities and organizations.
>>
>> It is my carefully considered opinion that we should join
>> the protest against these censorship threats and attacks
>> on our freedom and free speech by having the ALE web
>> site<http://ale.org> ?go dark for 24hrs. ?For the period of
>> the strike, the pluggin would route ALE traffic to:
>> <http://sopastrike.com/strike>
>>
>> ===============
>> Those in Favor?? ?(+)

> +1 here.

Thanks Vernard.  A vote coming from you helps affirm that
this action would be doing right by ALE.

> I just wish there was a way for it to happen at a level higher up than the
> individual sites. I wonder how many Fortune 500 companies are going to
> participate :(

It might be that Anonymous will... err....  "assist" them in
participating.  I mean, wouldn't it be fun if all the online
media sales sites ended up looking like protesters?

peace
aaron