Not being likely to attend any conferences in the US any time soon, but dealing with the same issue locally, I have found the discussion interesting. As a moderator of another archaeology list, however, I am a bit disappointed that the discussion should be curtailed. With the current debate on SOPA and  PIPA I think we should be doing as much as possible to facilitate free and open debate.

The US legislation is also  pertinent to recent discussions in Australia about availability of academic research- see for example http://delimiter.com.au/2012/01/17/govt-censors-secret-anti-piracy-me... 

You may be aware that several online services have instigated a 24 hour blackout as a protest - including Wikipedia - http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout 

Gary Vines
OzArch list administrator
https://groups.google.com/group/ozarch?hl=en


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Subject: Re: SHA Conference Early Registration Ends Tomorrow

Despite interest I have been asked to discontinue this discussion by the list owner. This explains my cessation. It is regrettable as this is an important issue however, I must abide by the rule of the list owner. The status quo seems to be quite sacred indeed.
No more from me!

Thanks for all of the thoughts and comments.

Conrad