Sender: •••@••.••• (Sandra Bernstein) This is pretty evocative historically. Many of the Dutch people (non-Jews), and I believe their royal family, chose to wear yellow stars during the Nazi occupation. Interesting that this tradition of resistance carries on. Sandra > >On the topic of civil disobedience, an interesting challenge is going >on in the Netherlands regarding the Church of Scientology. As you >remember from earlier postings, they came with the police to the >Internet provider XS4ALL and made it remove a file that a user had put >up on its system and which the Church claimed was a copyright >violation. (In fact, it's a transcript of a court record and the >people posting it claim that it is in the public domain.) > >When hearing of this, other Internet users around the country started >making the file available. They made sure to use multiple access >providers so it would be seen as a general statement of principle >across the Internet. I have some postings about this campaign; email >me if you want them. > >Andy ********************************************************* Sandra Bernstein •••@••.••• http://www.inforamp.net/~sandrab/home.htm ********************************************************* ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) You are encouraged to forward and cross-post messages and online materials for non-commercial use, pursuant to any copyright & redistribution restrictions included in individual messages. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
