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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:10:13 +0000
Local: Wed, Jul 11 2012 5:10 pm
Subject: [Michael L. Love: proclus on Blogger] Justice
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Friends-
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is urging us to sign on to this important  
Internet freedom petition:
Richard O'Dwyer is a 24 year old British student at Sheffield Hallam  
University in the UK. He is facing extradition to the USA and up to ten  
years in prison, for creating a website – TVShack.net – which linked  
(similarly to a search-engine) to places to watch TV and movies online.
O'Dwyer is not a US citizen, he's lived in the UK all his life, his site  
was not hosted there, and most of his users were not from the US. America  
is trying to prosecute a UK citizen for an alleged crime which took place  
on UK soil.
The internet as a whole must not tolerate censorship in response to mere  
allegations of copyright infringement. As citizens we must stand up for our  
rights online.
Please click here to join me in demanding that British authorities refuse  
to extradite O'Dwyer, and that US officials cease persecuting him:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/odwyer/?referring_akid=1423.4591......
When operating his site, Richard O'Dwyer always did his best to play by the  
rules: on the few occasions he received requests to remove content from  
copyright holders, he complied. His site hosted links, not copyrighted  
content, and these were submitted by users.
Copyright is an important institution, serving a beneficial moral and  
economic purpose. But that does not mean that copyright can or should be  
unlimited. It does not mean that we should abandon time-honored moral and  
legal principles to allow endless encroachments on our civil liberties in  
the interests of the moguls of Hollywood.
This is but one of several recent attempts by the US government and  
Hollywood to expand the definition of copyright infringement to include  
those who simply link to other sites that are accused of housing infringing  
content. Those who are being prosecuted face huge fines, and multiple years  
in prison. These actions represent an unacceptable attack on Internet  
freedom -- and one of questionable legality. Congress should act to reign  
in US prosecutors and protect Internet freedom -- and the UK should refuse  
to extradite O'Dwyer.
Richard O'Dwyer is the human face of the battle between the content  
industry and the interests of the general public. Earlier this year, in the  
fight against SOPA and PIPA, the public won its first big victory. This  
could be our second.
This is why I am petitioning the UK's Home Secretary Theresa May to stop  
the extradition of Richard O'Dwyer, and asking the United States to end his  
prosecution. I hope you will join me -- please click here to stand up for  
Richard O'Dwyer and Internet freedom:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/odwyer/?referring_akid=1423.4591......
Thanks.
- Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder

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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:10:13 +0000
Local: Wed, Jul 11 2012 5:10 pm
Subject: [New post] Justice
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Post       : Justice
URL        : http://gnudarwin.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/justice/
Posted     : July 11, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Author     : gnudarwin
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Friends-  Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is urging us to sign on to this important Internet freedom petition:  Richard O'Dwyer is a 24 year old British student at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. He is facing extradition to the USA and up to ten years in prison, for creating a website – TVShack.net – which linked (similarly to a search-engine) to places to watch TV and movies online.  O'Dwyer is not a US citizen, he's lived in the UK all his life, his site was not hosted there, and most of his users were not from the US. America is trying to prosecute a UK citizen for an alleged crime which took place on UK soil.  The internet as a whole must not tolerate censorship in response to mere allegations of copyright infringement. As citizens we must stand up for our rights online.  Please click here to join me in demanding that British authorities refuse to extradite O'Dwyer, and that US officials cease persecuting him:  http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/odwyer/?referring_akid=1423.4591...... (http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/odwyer/?referring_akid=1423.4591...)   When operating his site, Richard O'Dwyer always did his best to play by the rules: on the few occasions he received requests to remove content from copyright holders, he complied. His site hosted links, not copyrighted content, and these were submitted by users.  Copyright is an important institution, serving a beneficial moral and economic purpose. But that does not mean that copyright can or should be unlimited. It does not mean that we should abandon time-honored moral and legal principles to allow endless encroachments on our civil liberties in the interests of the moguls of Hollywood.  This is but one of several recent attempts by the US government and Hollywood to expand the definition of copyright infringement to include those who simply link to other sites that are accused of housing infringing content. Those who are being prosecuted face huge fines, and multiple years in prison. These actions represent an unacceptable attack on Internet freedom -- and one of questionable legality. Congress should act to reign in US prosecutors and protect Internet freedom -- and the UK should refuse to extradite O'Dwyer.  Richard O'Dwyer is the human face of the battle between the content industry and the interests of the general public. Earlier this year, in the fight against SOPA and PIPA, the public won its first big victory. This could be our second.  This is why I am petitioning the UK's Home Secretary Theresa May to stop the extradition of Richard O'Dwyer, and asking the United States to end his prosecution. I hope you will join me -- please click here to stand up for Richard O'Dwyer and Internet freedom:  http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/odwyer/?referring_akid=1423.4591...... (http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/odwyer/?referring_akid=1423.4591...)   Thanks.  - Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder

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