[governance] RETS shuts down site in protest against SOPA/PIPA

[Ginger Paque]

Diplo's page at www.diplomacy.edu shows/endorses the Civil Society
statement written by IGC consensus, and the site is not available. Cheers,
Ginger

Ginger (Virginia) Paque
Diplo Foundation
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On 18 January 2012 07:10, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> Dear people,
>
> The online magazine "Revista do Terceiro Setor", RETS, has shut down its
> services in protest against SOPA-PIPA bills of law being considered by
> the US Congress. The shut down started at 00:00 Brasília time and will
> last for 24 hours today, January 18. The site's main page is still
> visible after 40 seconds, but any attempt to visit any option will
> return it to the protest page:
>
> http://www.rets.org.br
>
> We have chosen this Web site since it is by far the most visited among
> the sites managed by Nupef.
>
>
> Car*s amig*s,
>
> A "Revista do Terceiro Setor", RETS, desativou o acesso a suas páginas
> às 00:00 de hoje, 18 de janeiro, hora de Brasília, juntando-se ao
> protesto mundial contra os projetos de lei SOPA e PIPA em trâmite no
> Congresso dos EUA. A página inicial do portal ainda é visível depois de
> 40 segundos, mas retorna à página de protesto em resposta ao clique em
> qualquer opção da página.
>
> http://www.rets.org.br
>
> Escolhemos este sítio Web porque é de longe o mais visitado entre os
> administrados pelo Nupef.
>
>
> Estimad*s amig*s,
>
> La revista online "Revista do Terceiro Setor", RETS, ha desactivado el
> acceso a sus páginas a las 00:00 de hoy, 18 de enero, hora de Brasilia,
> para participar de la protesta mundial en contra de los proyectos de ley
> SOPA y PIPA en trámite en el Congreso de los EEUU. La página inicial del
> portal será visible en 40 segundos, pero retornará a la página de
> protesta en respuesta a cualquier intento de visita a las opciones de la
> página.
>
> http://www.rets.org.br
>
> Elegimos este sitio Web porque es de lejos el más visitado entre los
> administrados por Nupef.
>
> Fraternal regards
> Abraços fraternos
> Abrazos fraternales
>
> The Instituto Nupef team
> A equipe do Instituto Nupef
> El equipo del Instituto Nupef
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