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

[Jehan Tremback]

Do you have beef with the port and its management? In what areas of port
administration do you feel they have been falling short?

-Jehan

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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