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[John Hendrik Weitzmann <jhweitzmann AT mx.uni-saarland.de>]

Hi everyone

> > We think Mike's post communicates the relevance to CC well.
>
> I disagree.

I also had some doubts at first about the relevance of PIPA/SOPA for CC, 
but after reading some of the worst case scenarios (e.g. allegations 
sufficient enough to enact privately "controlled" shut-down of hosting 
sites) it appears to me that sites hosting a lot of CC content might run 
higher risks than others under such legislation, especially because of 
the CCPL's no warranties structure and the publicity/personality/moral 
rights being excluded.

So, alright, Mike could have been more explicit on the possible effects, 
but IMHO he's right after all.

Regarding the actual topic:

CC DE always tries to stay out of the fierce type of advocacy battles. 
Each team member has his/her own other involvement in activist 
organisations for that and we try to keep CC DE on neutral grounds and 
to not use CC's credibility for levering controversial points. CC is a 
tool provider in my view, a kind of citizen service.

my 2c
John