[grc] Fwd: Don't let them break the Internet

Wed May 6 14:24:59 PDT 2015

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From: Meghan Sali <contact at openmedia.org>
Date: Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:30 AM
Subject: Don't let them break the Internet
To: frieda.werden at gmail.com

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*Recent leaked documents have revealed a plan to censor links online,
setting a new international norm that will require websites “monitor” user
activity, filter content, “verify” and moderate expression. Links are
essential to freedom of expression online, and experts warn that censoring
links will break the Internet as we know it. **Join our global network
today, and help us send a loud message to public officials: censoring links
will break the Internet.
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  Take Action!
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Friend,

Our ability to link is under attack and we need your help to save it!
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A brand new leak1 confirms that legislators in Europe are moving towards
rules that would require websites to monitor user activity, and are pushing
forward schemes that would give them the power to censor and block
links2 – *the
basic building blocks of the Web.*

*This will impact Internet users everywhere. Canada, let’s put a stop to
this right now: **add your voice to the global network to Save the Link.
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*Why should you care?* Well, the World Wide Web you and I browse everyday
is really just series of links.

The link is what powers many of our favourite online services, and what
enables us to stay connected with friends and family from around the world.

*Simply put, censoring links will break the Internet. Speak out now, and
tell public officials that we’ll fight to Save the Link.
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You’ve probably seen our campaign to shed light on the Internet censorship
plan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). It’s just one way Big Media is
trying to censor the Web–but it’s far from the only way.

That’s why we need to continue to grow a huge network of individuals and
organizations committed to stopping these censorship plans,* wherever they
emerge.*

*Join thousands of Internet users from across the world who have said:
enough is enough, we have a right to link.
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Here’s just one example: a law recently passed in Spain3 is so extreme that
it could result in* fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars for only
linking to allegedly infringing content. Could you afford that?*

If that wasn’t frightening enough, powerful interests want to put this
backwards plan into effect around the world. The entire European Union is
the next target to upload content censoring rules for Internet users around
the world.4

*The bottom line is this: every successful scheme to censor links weakens
the foundation of the Internet.*

What's stopping them? You are. Sign on to Save the Link now.
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For your right to link,

–Meghan, on behalf of your OpenMedia team

*PS:, Big Media companies have deep pockets, and it lets them get away with
buying support through lobbyists and unscrupulous politicians. But if every
one of you gave $5 today,
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think of the impact we could make! Please consider donating today.*

*Footnotes*
[1] EU Commission’s patchy and timid plans fall far short of breaking down
national borders online. Source: Julia Reda.
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[2] Why Internet Users Everywhere Should be Watching The EU Right Now.
Source.
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[3] Spanish Copyright Amendments Will Shakedown News Sites and Censor the
Web. Source: EFF.
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[4] An EU-wide ‘Google tax’ in the making? Source: Julia Reda.
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