hydrarchist writes

Abolish Intellectual Property Wherever It Kills!

Paris ACT-UP Global Netstrike, April 26, 2004

On April 26th the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
organizes a global day of celebration for patents and intellectual
property. For persons living with HIV & aids like us, this event is a
scandal. Because patents are being used to keep affordable life-saving
medication from India or Brazil away from millions of dying people with
aids in developing countries. Since the advent of life-prolonging HIV
therapy in 1996, 20 million people have died of aids, with access only
to patented, grossly overpriced medicines. 95% of people with aids
still don't have access to the
affordable generic HIV drugs.

On Monday April 26 between 4 and 5 pm European Continental Time (10-11
am Eastern Seaboard Time), take simple action against WIPO by taking
part in a 1-hour "netstrike" (blocking WIPO's website).

It's a very simple action to take part in and you can keep working
while you do it. It only takes a computer, a standard web browser and a
cable or ADSL internet connection.

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Netstrike - User's guide

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This user'guide is also available here :
http://www.actupparis.org/netstrike/

Required informations for your participation to the netstrike are below.
They do not need any technical abilities.

1/Start your preferred Browser

2/ Don't set any proxy for your connection

Warning : Maybe your office's proxy is your only way of access to the
web, in this case try to gain access to a machine with a direct
connection, if this is not possible your participation will be limited
by the setting of your proxy, which are usually quite restictive.

* Internet Explorer

1. Tools Menu

2. Internet Options

3. Connection tab, click Lan sections

4. Uncheck Use a proxy server for your Lan

* Netscape Navigator 3.x

1. Menu Options

2. Section Network Preferences

3. Subsection Proxies

4. Set the voice No Proxies

* Netscape Navigator 4.x

1. Menu Edit

2. Section Preferences

3. Subsection Advanced -> Proxies

4. Set the voice Direct connection on Internet

* Opera

1. Menu File

2. Section Preferences

3. Subsection Connections

4. Disable the voice Proxy Servers

3/ Set to 0 the cache of your browser

* Internet Explorer

1. Tools Menu

2. Internet Options

3. Internet Temporary Files -> Settings

4. Set the research of a most recent version of the pages: at the
page opening

5. Bring to 0 the The space used by Temporary Internet Files

* Netscape Navigator 3.x

1. Menu Options

2. Section Network Preferences

3. Subsection Cache

4. Set the voice Verify Documents su Every time

5. Set to 0 both the Memory Cache and the Disk Cache and click on
Clear Memory Cache e Clear Disk Cache buttons

* Netscape Navigator 4.x

1. Menu Edit

2. Section Preferences

3. Subsection Advanced -> Cache

4. Set "Compare the page in the cache with the page on the network
Every Time I view the page

5. Set to 0 both the Memory Cache and the Disk Cache and click on
Clear Memory Cache e Clear Disk Cache buttons

* Opera

1. Menu File

2. Section Preferences

3. Subsection HIstory and Cache

4. Voice Check Modified

5. Set all the parts of this voice always

6. Set to 0 the voice Disk Cache

7. Click on button Empty Now

4/ Click on this url :
http://www.actupparis.org/netstrike/netstrike.html

5/ A web page is openning and on the top, you can see a form with the
target web site address (http://www.wipo.int/ )

6/ Click on START, and the home page of the target web site will be
loaded every 20 seconds.

7/ In order to maximise your firepower, you should open several browser
windows at the same time. Load the url
http://www.actupparis.org/netstrike/netstrike.html and click on START
within each windows. If possible, it is even better to engage to
operations described in this section with several different
browsers(eg: Netscape and
Exploder).

8/ Now, you are ready for the netstrike. Warning : it is important to
begin your netstrike from 4 PM to 5 PM. Thank you !

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An alternative solution

Instead of our automatic netstrike, you can use a non automatic way
(but you have to stay in front of your computer :

* Insert http://www.wipo.int in your navigation bar

* Keep clicking Reload continuosly. If you want to be REALLY sure to
reload your page every time keep pushing the key Shift while you are
reloading the page.

The last two operations can be executed on several browser windows at
the same time, maximizing your firepower."