[cmi-cr] New IMC Binghamton

[fabzgy en linksunten.ch]

Hola compas,

hay un solicitud de un indymedia de los EEUU que quiere ser parte de  
la red Indymedia.

Nuestro collectivo en alemania tiene algunos problemas con la  
propuesta de Binghamton. (todo en ingles)

Aqui se encuentra la propuesta de Binghamton:
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/new-imc/2010-February/0211-v5.html

Abajo les adjunto el argumento de nosotros (preversion):
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#Dear IMC-community,

we are against the application form of the media activists from  
Binhampton in the current version. We are severely interested in the  
opinion of other IMCs concerning this subject and we hope to get a lot  
of feedback.

Our reasons:

1.) Language

The application form submitted in English only. But the international  
lists are multilingual and should stay this way. English is the  
dominant language anyway and should thus not be the only language.

2.) OpenPosting

We do not agree with the spirit of OpenPosting as we conceive it from  
the application form of the media activists from Binghampton. We  
acknowledge the vulnerability against hate or troll authors but this  
should lead us to give up the principle of anonymous posting.

The effort to hide articles is the underbelly of OpenPosting and must  
be accepted from our point of view. Anonymity is essential for free  
speach.

We strongly believe that it should be possible to post anonymously on  
all Indymedia websites without prior registration. We propose that  
existing Indymedia websites change their practice if a registration is  
necessary at the moment.

3.) IP-Logging

It is unacceptable for us that IP addresses are logged by any  
Indymedia website. We acknowledge that the media activists from  
Binghampton generally do no want to log IP addresses. But the website  
should not call itself Indymedia until the logging of IP addresses is  
turned off.

We know that this is done by existing websites and we are not agree  
with this behaviour. We strive for a general rule which mandatory for  
all IMCs that prohibits any (even temporary) logging of IP addreses on  
the server as well as by the CMS. Much too long do users of some IMCs  
imagine themselves save from IP logging.

It is necessary to preserve anonymity of the authors to impede the  
persecution of critical opinions. For this it is essential that their  
postings cannot be tracked down to an internet access point. Even the  
temporary logging of IP addresses is a severe problem for their  
anonomyity as at least system administrators but sometimes even all  
moderators can monitor the IP addresses of all authors.

One argument used for (temporary) IP logging is the battle against  
spam. But there exist other methods like captchas which compromise  
anonymity far less severe and help to diminish spam nearly completely.  
For example Indymedia linksunten had a serious spam problem which  
could be solves withour IP logging.

We hope you see that we do not want to end the discussion about the  
integration of the media activists from Binghampton. We try to clarify  
the circumstances under which they can be integrated into the  
worldwide network of independant media centres.

IMC linksunten
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saludos
Fabzgy

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