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  Our Plan...

  OPERATION : Blackout is trying to get a portion added to the 
  copyright that will allow the use of still images and media clips* to be 
  on unofficial fan sites. There is nothing about fair use on the internet 
  of copyrighted material as of now (that is what are trying to get 
  added). Right now, these fan sites are getting shut down and the 
  webmasters are being threatened with lawsuits. In my honest 
  opinion, still images, sound files, and video clips are the internet 
  equivalent of quotes. As long as credit is given (Like the disclaimers) 
  everything should be happy and cool. The shutting down of the sites 
  for the day will show FOX what the end result would be: a drab and 
  lifeless internet. It also helps to gain attention to the operation. For 
  the operation to be noticed is extremely important if we want to be 
  successful.

  "I know that just shutting down our sites for a day will not make FOX 
  just drop everything they have been doing. What it does is draws 
  attention to this organization and gives us a good reason for wanting 
  the copyright law to be upgraded. What I have to do is to get a good 
  supporting case that would basically state that the companies are 
  not  loosing money because of the existence of  fan web sites. That 
  in fact, it is helping their product."  - Jade

  There has been a lot of debate between copyright and free speech 
  on the internet, where that fine line is drawn between expressing their 
  opinion and stealing copyrighted material. Basically the copyright law 
  was created long before there was the internet as we know it today, 
  an infinite place of knowledge and free speech.

  Times have changed. They have changed dramatically, and they will 
  just keep changing. This is why we need to get the copyright law 
  changed. When the copyright law was made, they had no idea that 
  the internet would be this big and powerful force that would be seen 
  and participated in by billions of people.

  *The meaning of media clips is sound files and movie files that are 
  portions of episodes. OPERATION : Blackout does not support 
  whole episodes or movies being on the internet. As for transcripts, 
  only a transcript of what is exactly said on the show will be allowed. 
  No copying of official shooting scripts will be tolerated, nor should be 
  permitted.*