SOCA, U Mad?

[daseoman]

Going to protests against ACTA next week.. This shit is getting really serious.. library.nu got closed as well and is now redirecting to google books.. More and more good sites are closing down by free will, because they fear prison sentences..

 

[lukep]

I do think we have a solid number of people here who would, at the very least, support a lobbying enterprise representing our interests. I know I'm not the only one thinking this way, and I know I'm not the only one being able to commit some amount of money per month/year to such a cause.

All I'm saying is we have to play by the rules of the game if we expect to be a part of the game.

And even if we hate the game (which we do), we STILL have to play by the rules right now, because we can only change it step by step.

I can agree with a lot of what you're saying but forgive me for being too blind to see your point yet... I still don't get how this 'lobby' can protect anyone in the group.

Besides the fact that all lobbies exist to get politicians to vote their way, something I feel should be illegal, it's an interesting strategy to place a lobby out there as some sort of distraction... Obviously you aren't thinking your lobby, capable of raising a few thousand dollars a month isn't competing against the multi-billion dollar (trillion dollar?) established lobby dead-set against it, right?

It would be like gaming the system... If only the existence of the lobby could in fact protect the board from being Assanged in some way.

Plz explain how you see this protection working.

 

[lukep]

Anyway; I went and looked closely at FOSSFactory to see what parts of this idea they could cover. While their environment is perfect for the software's development, I'd still worry about the 1.) Money trail 2.) On-site anonymity 3.) Safety of the FossFactory team, & 4.) FossFactory's server withstanding cutting-edge DDoS attacks.

So basically, we need to give someone with Anonymous' skills a large sum of money to do what FOSS Factory is doing so the project is funded and the heavy-duty server hardware is paid for. (Including multiple connections to separate internet backbones.)

Not looking good. Any more bright ideas folks?

 

[tomaszjot]

Any more bright ideas folks?

In this hard times I stay focused on what Matt Cutts says. I adhere to Google TOS and try to apply this TOS to everything I do in my life.

Apart from that I don't have any more ideas, sorry.

 

[lukep]

I adhere to Google TOS and try to apply this TOS to everything I do in my life.

Wow, that must make it pretty hard to get some... :338: