Wikipedia Blackout Protest Has Plenty Of Company Lamar Smith & MPAA Brush Off As Just A Publicity Stunt Major Media to the Stop Online Piracy Act Reddit's SOPA Admirable but Google and Facebook Must Follow Hackers Join Fight Against Why Twitter didn't join blackout Website protests It's tech world versus Hollywood even supporters question antiSOPA move Blackout! hit Web Tech Today The Wears Black Keeping Up with Blackout... 10 MidWeek AM Reads Ask Slashdot What Can You Do About PIPA How access during blackouts begin as calls foul Websites In Gains Momentum Joins Fray leads online against We're Doing On This PIPA/SOPA Day Involved Leave Alooooooooone!!!!

SOPA blackout spreads across the Internet The blackout movement to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act that began with reddit and Wikipedia has spread to many major sites across the Internet, many of which are important examples of Web entities that could be shut down without due process by SOPA-like legislation. Below are some of our favorites. Read the comments on this post SOPA: Anonymous Announces Operation Blackout Anonymous, everybody's favorite decentralized hacktivist group, has announced Operation Blackout in protest of SOPA. The group released a YouTube video describing what is their "Most important operation in their history." What makes this call to action unique is that it's … How to access Wikipedia during the SOPA blackout Those wondering how to get around the Wikipedia SOPA blackout can breathe a little easier: the crowd-sourced encyclopedia is still available through the mobile versions, disabling Javascript or translating another language's version of it. SOPA/PIPA blackout: 'The Day the LOLcats Died' SOPA blackout day is a dark day — literally. With a black bar across Google's logo and other sites turning their robust user-driven sites into a single black page. One team, though, avoided donning black, and chose instead to sing out its angst with this viral video "The Day the LolCats Died." Read full article >> SOPA, PIPA Blackout: How to Use Wikipedia Jan. 18 Plus 6 Other Things to Know Wikipedia initiated a blackout Wednesday, Jan. 18, in protest of the anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. SOPA and PIPA are two Congressional bills meant to halt the illegal copying and sharing of movies and music on the Internet, among other aims. However, major Internet organizations -- such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing -- claim the bills will hinder their operations. SOPA blackout: websites protest anti-piracy bills Wikipedia is only one among thousands of websites taking part in a scheduled internet blackout aimed in protest against SOPA, an anti-piracy bill currently being discussed by US lawmakers. read more Wikipedia Blackout Brings SOPA/PIPA Issue to Forefront for Businesses They are calling it the day the Web goes on strike. The planned Jan. 18 blackout of the English version of Wikipedia (along with reddit and Boing Boing) has brought to a head the showdown between various industries and business groups in support of and opposed to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. Depending on ... SOPA Blackout List: Google and Wikipedia Lead Charge Against Bill SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act working its way through the U.S. Congress, has inspired an online backlash punctuated by Wikipedia, Reddit, BoingBoing and others to start a blackout protest beginning tonight at midnight. Facebook not part of SOPA blackout, but users still protest Facebook may not be participating in the SOPA blackout today, but the company's users are still doing their best to partake in the protest on the social network by changing their profile picture. SOPA Blackout: Google Doesn't Join, But Gives Support Don't worry, Google will not join the SOPA Blackout of Reddit and Wikipedia (which is already devastating enough for users who heavily rely on these sites).
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