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<div style="RIGHT: auto">John Thielking</div>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Forwarded Message -----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jochai from Access <info@accessnow.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> John Thielking <pagesincolor@yahoo.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:45 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> The internet is going dark tomorrow<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Dear John,</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Much of <B style="RIGHT: auto">the internet is going dark tomorrow to protest an ill-conceived law</B> that the US Congress is proposing in the name of stopping online piracy, but at great expense to free speech and the integrity of the internet. Given the huge sway the US has over the operation of the internet, many see it as the <B style="RIGHT: auto">biggest threat to internet freedom ever</B>.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">That is why I’m on my way to DC right now to meet with a number of key Senators about the law, known as <B style="RIGHT: auto">the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House</B>. We are up against a dangerous piece of legislation that seriously threatens digital rights, innovation, and the integrity of the internet.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">In my bag is an important document. It is <B style="RIGHT: auto">a <A href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de40636/3545028037/VEsH/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>l<SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)">etter </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255)">to the US Senate</SPAN></A> which Access coordinated, bringing together dozens of human rights groups from around the world including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without Borders</B>, calling on them to “stand for human rights, defend the open internet, and reject the PROTECT IP Act.”</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">I’ll be delivering this letter to the Senate, which Washington insiders say will have a real impact in switching some Senators votes, but this fight is far from over. <B style="RIGHT: auto">This legislation is coming up for a major vote in just seven days</B>, and unless we act now, it might very possibly become law.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><B style="RIGHT: auto">Tomorrow there will be a huge protest in New York City</B> outside of the offices of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, who are both co-sponsors of the PROTECT IP Act. If you’re in the City or anywhere near it, I urge you to join the Access team and countless others at this Emergency NY Tech Meetup. Look for the big banner with the Access logo and the names of all the signatories of the letter from the human rights community on it. Details can be found here: <A href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de40631/3545028037/VEsE/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://nytm.org/sos/</A></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">If you’re in the US, but <B style="RIGHT: auto">not in NYC, there are protests happening tomorrow in <A href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de40630/3545028037/VEsF/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>San Francisco</A>, <A href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de40633/3545028037/VEsC/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>Seattle</A>, and <A style="RIGHT: auto" href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de40632/3545028037/VEsD/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>many other places</A></B>. I urge you to attend if you’re in these cities! If you’re not, please contact your Senators while they’re home for the January recess.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><B style="RIGHT: auto">This legislation will also seriously affect non-US websites and users</B> as well. As we explain in the letter, this legislation, which targets foreign websites, would create a double jurisdiction problem, whereby non-U.S.-based sites must determine whether a site is legal in both the country it is operating in and the United States, or face losing access to payment providers, advertising, and links to their site. Moreover, this legislation would send an unequivocal message that censoring the web is not only acceptable, but encouraged.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><B style="RIGHT: auto">If you’re not in the US, join sites like Reddit, BoingBoing, Tumblr, Wikipedia, CREDO, WordPress, and countless other sites, and of course Access, in blacking out your site.</B> <B style="RIGHT: auto">Or talk about it on Twitter, Facebook, G+</B>, make sure your friends know that the internet is going on strike tomorrow.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">The internet is a key enabler of human rights and innovation, and decisions over its governance should not be made hastily. With each passing day the claims for urgency for copyright legislation whither, from the demonstrably false data used to make economic arguments about losses and jobs,<A title="" href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de4062d/3545028037/VEsA/" name=_ftnref rel=nofollow target=_blank>[1]</A> to the efficacy of DNS filtering,<A title="" href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de4062c/3545028037/VEsB/" name=_ftnref rel=nofollow target=_blank>[2]</A> to the baseless claims that countries like Spain, Egypt, or Sweden have lost their film industries due to piracy.<A title="" href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de4062f/3545028037/VEsO/" name=_ftnref rel=nofollow target=_blank>[3]</A></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><A style="RIGHT: auto" title="" href="https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cdd9/13a483ec/72bb7047/1de4062f/3545028037/VEsP/" name=_ftnref rel=nofollow target=_blank></A>Nothing short of a global outcry is going to defeat this terrible legislation.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Cheers,<BR>Jochai Ben-Avie<BR>Access Policy Director</div>
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