[sudoroom] theportofoakland.com or port-of-oakland.com?

[Eddan Katz]

i ended up getting both. note that the official website of the Port of 
Oakland /is/ portofoakland.com and is therefore not available.

the idea would be to virtually siege the portofoakland.com page with a 
multitude of similar domains which could all mirror one 
"ThePortOfOakland.com" page. journalists and netizens interested in a 
multitude of perspectives should be confused enough to make it there, 
but a prominent disclosure about there being no affiliation with the 
Port of Oakland should be made clear once they arrive. additionally, 
changes in font and color that also walk this tightrope may best 
accomplish the intent of the project.

which is, from my perspective: freedom of expression online must enable 
the virtual equivalent of picket signs and boycott rallies - making sure 
that the general public has an opportunity to learn about the hidden 
aspects of the things they take for granted to which they would 
otherwise not be exposed.
DDoS attacks, in contrast, are the equivalent of trashing the place, as 
far as i'm concerned.

if you are interested in contributing $9.49 to this effort, please 
considering registering a similar domain, and make sure you do it 
through http://www.nearlyfreespeech.net, utilizing the ProtectMyPrivacy 
service. [for some ideas, you can consult godaddy's useful automated 
suggestions (http://www.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?ci=54814)]

-eddan

On 4/26/12 2:43 PM, Marc Juul wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marc Juul<juul at labitat.dk>
> Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [sudoroom] theportofoakland.com or port-of-oakland.com?
> To: Eddan Katz<eddan at oaklandlocal.com>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Eddan Katz<eddan at oaklandlocal.com>  wrote:
>> i am planning on buying one of these two domain names for a critical parody
>> website of portofoakland.com.
>> theportofoakland.com or port-of-oakland.com?
> portofoakland.com gets my vote! (though what about .org or .net ?)
>
>> along the lines of the yes men's hacktivist campaigns against the WTO
>> (http://www.gatt.org/)&  the US Chamber of Commerce
>> (http://yeslab.org/article/will-real-chamber-commerce-please-stand), this
>> type of online intervention relies on the fair use doctrine that is a
>> defense to trademark infringement as an alternative to Anonymous DDoS
>> attacks. given the mainstream media reporting on previous strikes in
>> oakland, this site could also be a resource for journalists willing to go
>> beyond copying the port of oakland press release.
> Awesome! I'm in.
>
>> would anyone be interested in working on a project putting up a website that
>> looks similar to, but clearly different than portofoakland.com and
>> writing/soliciting articles from occupy/labor-related groups&  initiatives?
> Yes, I will assist. I can do the tech things related to this, but my
> design-foo is not that great and my knowledge of goings-on related
> to the port of Oakland are lacking.
>
> --
> Marc Juul
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