[Noisebridge-discuss] Should NB mirror WikiLeaks?

[Alex Handy]

The EFF has also been in front of the Supreme Court before. The IRS might not be so afraid of yanking the status of a non-lawyer body.

I guess what I am saying is: what is the net win here for Noisebridge? I agree, entirely that Wikileaks should be mirrored, but it's already mirrored all over. Best case scenario, NB's mirror helps a handfull of people access information they were already able to access elsewhere.

Worst case scenario, our NP status is yanked and we have to work with the EFF for years to reinstate it.





On Dec 7, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Christie Dudley wrote:

> Off course the EFF is shaking in their shoes, afraid of getting their status yanked, not wanting to take sides in the issue:
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/amazon-and-wikileaks-first-amendment-only-strong
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> Christie
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> "Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart."
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> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Alex Handy <alexhandy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just for the record, as a 501c3, Noisebridge cannot partake in or fund any political activities. Now, I don't think Wikileaks is political; I personally think it is the only real journalistic entity left in the world. But it could be very easily construed by the IRS as supporting political action, if we mirror Wikileaks.
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> Just sayin'. Don't tempt the IRS. They could yank our non-profit status.
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