Re: [libreoffice-website] ACTA banner?

Le vendredi 27 janvier 2012 à 19:26 -0500, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productions a écrit :
> On 01/27/2012 12:00 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >
> > Le Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:23:55 -0500,
> > webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<webmaster@krackedpress.com>  a
> > écrit :
> >
> > (snipped part of the thread)
> >
> > > What we need is a good info page stating what ACTA is about - as it
> > > effects packages like LO.  I heard of this ACTA only yesterday so we
> > > need to have some good info.  Also, I thing we need to include text
> > > about what all these proposed [and enacted] laws/regulations are
> > > meant to do, but what their impact would be for legal file transfer
> > > sites and open-source/FOSS packages being shared via the Internet.
> > > There has been legal file swapping sites being shut down because a
> > > group states that they are doing something wrong - even if they are
> > > not.  These attempts to reduce, or even wipe out, piracy is harming
> > > the flow of legal file sharing or sites that allow you to legally
> > > download files like LO and other legally sharable software and
> > > multimedia.  I host a LO web site, which is a "testing portal" for my
> > > DVD.  If I understand some of these regulations, I may have to close
> > > that portal since I do not own the copyrights to LO and the FOSS
> > > packages withing the online version of my DVD.  So a real good page
> > > about piracy regulation [proposed and enacted] and sharing LO/FOSS is
> > > really needed.
> > That is one example, yes. The other one will be the stronger (much
> > stronger) enforceability of software patents and closing down of
> > websites will be ordered without judges consent. That directly affects
> > FOSS and LibreOffice. I was wondering, would you like to put together
> > such a text? We'd put it on our website along with the various other
> > public links.
> >
> > Best,
> I will have to think about it.
>
> I am not much of a writer of such items, since surviving my 3 strokes.  
> I sometimes can write interesting stuff, but only on my "good days".
>
> I am not "up" on what these proposed/enacted regulations really will do, 
> just what they might do by just being debated and acted on by 
> local/regional law enforcement and people who "demand" the entire 
> service is taken down due to the "possible" use of that service for 
> piracy, even if there never has been any issues with that site/company.
>
> The big issue for me is where items are coming from.  I tend to buy used 
> books and DVDs through sites like Amazon.com, and others, that have what 
> I want.  Will these sites be required to mandate that the sellers prove 
> that these used items were legally made and obtained?  And how can you 
> prove that?  My local used book store buys books at yard sales, and big 
> regional used book sales.  How could she prove they are legally printed 
> and obtained books, for the ones that she sells on the Net?  She 
> cannot.  The same goes with some of the issues that I have heard are 
> part of the anti-piracy regulations/laws being worked on.  Right now, if 
> the copyright owner finds that their work is being sold or given away 
> without their permission, they can go to the site/domain owner to have 
> their work removed from that site.  If they do not, then the hosting 
> company must shut down the site.  If they do not, then the laws in the 
> location where the server[s] are located [determined by IP routing, 
> etc.] will need to shut the equipment down based on their 
> local/regional/international laws.  It is not perfect, but there can not 
> be a "perfect" way to get it to work completely.  There are too many 
> laws and regional governments involved.  If a site is required to make 
> sure what is on their equipment is legal to ALL of the laws and regional 
> governments rules, then that will be the death of the openness of the 
> Internet and freedom of speech for those who create web page content, or 
> offer FOSS-like packages on their servers/domains/sites.
>
> What I say here, is my opinion and not authoritative in nature.  We need 
> more authoritative and less opinion in our dealing with this subject.


Well, I think no one wants to draft an authoritative page here, but a
nice  and simple text :-) If you feel you can't do it we can ask anyone
else here (Olav) or I can do it myself of course.

best,

-- 
Charles-H. Schulz
Co-Founder & Director,
The Document Foundation.


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