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God Jul och Gott Nytt År!

Gråbergs Gråa Sång is wishing you the season's greetings.
Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's solstice or Christmas,
Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus,
or the Saturnalia,
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... for everyone who founded, edits and/or loves Misplaced Pages and her sister projects. Healthy 2021 and beyond y'all! Klaas `Z4␟` V 23:49, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

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May this Christmas be your best Christmas ever and you achieve everything you deserve in life. Merry Christmas to everyone at home! RAJIVVASUDEV (talk) 02:42, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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Hello, Jimbo Wales! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Misplaced Pages! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Pakistan threatens Google, Misplaced Pages over 'sacrilegious content' Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:50, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Plan B for server location?

I've seen people suggest before to move W?F servers and/or the organization for copyright reasons. They are generally told (sometimes by myself) "yeah uuuh no" and I understand that, as US copyright law is "the devil you know".

After seeing this thread on a village pump with links to articles that say that "new requirements will essentially mandate filters", an opt-out copyright claim tribunal within the United States Copyright Office will feed copyright trolls and plans that will allow notice-and-staydown of fair use content I have to wonder: is there a serious plan B? We know some copyright claims are made in extremely bad faith and some are downright moronic. If such "violations" can cost Wiki editors up to the "truly small" sum of $30,000, wouldn't it be irresponsible to continue hosting a wiki in the US? We can only hope that Biden will be able to halt Tillis' plans, but if that fails the W?F has a problem. I'm not sure how a wiki could legally operate if filters are required, or if it's even technically feasible. All fair use surely goes out of the window if monitoring uploads becomes mandatory, as fair use uploads for very obvious reasons will trigger those filters.

So to come back to the original question.. Is there a plan B, just in case legal operation in the US becomes legally or technically unfeasible or irresponsible in regard to fines for end users? — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 11:27, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

References

1. Katharine Trendacosta (2020-12-22). "This Disastrous Copyright Proposal Goes Straight to Our Naughty List".
2. Ernesto Van der Sar (2020-12-22). "US Passes Spending Bill With CASE Act and Felony Streaming Proposal".
3. Mike Masnick (2020-12-22). "Senator Tillis Releases Massive Unconstitutional Plan To Reshape The Internet In Hollywood's Image".
4. Karsten Serck (2010-08-28). "Kampagnen-Video gegen HD+ auf YouTube gelöscht".
5. "Die Wahrheit ueber HD Plus (reupload)". 2010-08-30.
6. Julia Alexander (2019-10-15). "YouTube gets alleged copyright troll to agree to stop trolling YouTubers".
7. Adam Neely (2020-02-06). "warner music claimed my video for defending their copyright in a lawsuit they lost the copyright for".
8. Katharine Trendacosta and Jason Kelley (2020-12-07). "Today: Tell Congress Not To Bankrupt Internet Users". For one thing, Representative Doug Collins of Georgia said in an open hearing any claim with a $30,000 cap on damages was "truly small."

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