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

[Matthew Senate]

Try http://domai.nr/

Good show, happy to get involved, pinging people about content.

// Matt

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at oaklandlocal.com> wrote:

>  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> <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> <eddan at oaklandlocal.com>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at oaklandlocal.com> <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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