[AktiviX-discuss] [Fwd: Yes Men booted by Exxon; need sysadmin badly]

[ana]

The riseup collective may be in a better position to help out than us
... It sounds like these people have their server in a co-lo - far from
what aktivix can offer at the moment, innit?

I guess some of us can also provide contacts for commercial colocation
centres...

hope this helps

ana

Charlie Harvey wrote:
> aktivix is probably not a good place for hosting the yes men(UK libel 
> laws being what they are), but maybe someone on the list wants to be 
> their sysadmin...
>
> Charlie
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Yes Men booted by Exxon; need sysadmin badly
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:49:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From: The Yes Men <people at theyesmen.org>
> To: people-peopleandplanet.org <people at peopleandplanet.org>
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> June 28, 2007
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> EXXON HACKS THE YES MEN
> Yes Men badly need sysadmin, server co-location
>
>      Contact: mailto:people at theyesmen.org
>
> One day after the Yes Men made a joke announcement that ExxonMobil
> plans to turn billions of climate-change victims into a brand-new
> fuel called Vivoleum, the Yes Men's upstream internet service
> provider shut down Vivoleum.com, the Yes Men's spoof website, and cut
> off the Yes Men's email service, in reaction to a complaint whose
> source they will not identify. The provider, Broadview Networks, also
> made the Yes Men remove all mention of Exxon from TheYesMen.org
> before they'd restore the Yes Men's email service.
>
> The Yes Men assume the complainant was Exxon. "Since parody is
> protected under US law, Exxon must think that people seeing the site
> will think Vivoleum's a real Exxon product, not just a parody," said
> Yes Man Mike Bonanno. "Exxon's policies do already contribute to
> 150,000 climate-change related deaths each year," added Yes Man Andy
> Bichlbaum. "So maybe it really is credible. What a resource!"
>
> After receiving the complaint June 15, Broadview added a "filter"
> that disabled the Vivoleum.com IP address (64.115.210.59), and
> furthermore prevented email from being sent from the Yes Men's
> primary IP address (64.115.210.58). Even after all Exxon logos were
> removed from both sites and a disclaimer was placed on Vivoleum.com
> on Tuesday, Broadview would still not remove the filter. (The
> disclaimer read: "Although Vivoleum is not a real ExxonMobil program,
> it might as well be.")
>
> Broadview did restore both IPs on Wednesday, after the Vivoleum.com
> website was completely disabled and all mention of Exxon was removed
> from TheYesMen.org.
>
> While this problem is temporarily resolved, the story is far from
> over. Meanwhile, though, two bigger problems loom, for which we're
> asking your help:
>
> 1. THE YES MEN'S SERVER NEEDS A NEW HOME.
>
> Broadview Networks provides internet connectivity to New York's
> Thing.net and the websites and servers it hosts, including the Yes
> Men's server. Thing.net has been a host for many years to numerous
> activist and artist websites and servers.
>
> At the end of July, Thing.net will terminate its contract with
> Broadview and move its operations to Germany, where internet
> expression currently benefits from a friendlier legal climate than in
> the US, and where baseless threats by large corporations presumably
> have less weight with providers. At that time, the Yes Men and two
> other organizations with servers "co-located" at Thing.net will need
> a new home for those servers. Please write to us if you can offer
> such help or know of someone who can.
>
> 2. THE YES MEN NEED A SYSADMIN.
>
> The Yes Men are desperately in need of a sysadmin. The position is
> unpaid at the moment, but it shouldn't take much time for someone who
> knows Debian Linux very well. It involves monitoring the server,
> keeping it up-to-date, making sure email is working correctly, etc.
> The person could also maintain the Yes Men's website (which will be
> updated next week), if she or he wants.
>
> Thing.net also needs a sysadmin: someone living in New York who knows
> Linux well. The Thing.net position involves some money and the
> rewards of working for an organization that has consistently and at
> great personal risk supported groups like the Yes Men over the years.
>
> THE YES MEN AND THING.NET THANK YOU!
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