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1. Tim Berners-Lee

   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/06/ly-domains-in-trouble-as-_n_752528.html The perils of link shorteners #netrights

   Thursday, 07-Oct-10 10:35:47 UTC from web
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   • tryggvib

     @timbl: What about #IMMI http://immi.is/?l=en&p=intro might come to the rescue. Maybe link shortening services will soon use top-domain .is

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 10:43:10 UTC
   • Jean-Marc Liotier

     @timbl URL shorteners are not just a rights problem - but an infrastructure problem too : http://j.mp/alCGjo

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 11:58:37 UTC
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   • Jean-Marc Liotier

     Yes, the irony of using a shortened link to criticize URL shorteners is not lost on me...

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 11:59:33 UTC
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     Paul Booker

     @timbl One of the reason we increased the upper limit on the length of ours notice to 240 characters was so that users …

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 13:05:28 UTC
   • John Drinkwater tryggvib

     @tryggvib more likely #tpb and #wikileaks would prefer .is TLD. 3rd party URL shorteners are bad practice whatever top level domain…

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 13:30:07 UTC
   • tryggvib John Drinkwater

     @johndrinkwater: The idea with #IMMI is free speech online, not breaking the law online, i.e. #tbp. But yes, I agree with the abuse axiom.

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 13:38:36 UTC
   • John Drinkwater tryggvib

     @tryggvib IMMI would afford pirate bay protection it deserves — atm, any sharer whether ‘breaking the law’ or not, can have privacy abused

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 13:54:07 UTC
   • tryggvib John Drinkwater

     @johndrinkwater: #tpb is as legal as #Google is, imo. I also think #IMMI will only allow media (as defined by law) to protect its sources

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 14:15:11 UTC
   • tryggvib John Drinkwater

     @johndrinkwater: It just hit me that a .is #urlshortener won't qualify as media (defined by law), so #IMMI doesn't help.... man, I'm slow.

     Thursday, 07-Oct-10 17:14:42 UTC