Editorial An online blackout to prevent a dark day Wikipedia planned protest piracy bills plans antipiracy bill in Congress Going Dark Wednesday Protest SOPA Newsy Now January 17 Blackout Hackers Join Fight Against Why even supporters question antiSOPA move Time To Freak Out College Kids Will Be Blacked Tomorrow As Act Of editors site's Video Websites over Lamar Smith & MPAA Brush Off Just A Publicity Stunt Need Here’s How Access It Calls Planned Web Site Blackouts “Stunts That Punish Their Users” go for day; Samsung buy BlackBerry

Wikipedia founder defends blackout JIMMY WALES, the co-founder of Wikipedia defended the decision to voluntarily blackout the world's largest online encyclopaedia for 24 hours from 5am GMT on Wednesday. The move will affect the English version. Wikipedia blackout: Why even supporters question anti-SOPA move The Wikipedia blackout is intended to spotlight the value of open access to information on the Internet, but also underlies how fractious the move is, drawing fire from both critics and supporters. The Case For and Against the Wikipedia Blackout Other big Internet players haven't rallied behind Jimmy Wales, after the Wikipedia founder confirmed that the site would go dark this Wednesday to protest SOPA. Wikipedia has joined Reddit for a 24 hour blackout tomorrow. But other anti-Sopa sites aren't sure this is the best way to protest the anti-piracy bill. When asked if Twitter would blackout as well, CEO Dick Costolo called the whole ... 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 ... Wikipedia Blackout January 18: 5 Things to Know About the SOPA, PIPA Protest Wikipedia will initiate a blackout on 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. However, major Internet organizations- such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing - claim the bills will hinder their operations and they are ready to protest. Wikipedia Blackout Scheduled for Wednesday Well if you need to find something on Wikipedia, you better do it now. Because beginning Wednesday, the free online encyclopedia, along with a few other websites, will voluntarily enter an internet blackout. Wikipedia plans to go dark beginning at midnight eastern time for 24 hours to protest against two congressional bills. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) include ... Wikipedia to blackout all 3,847,673 English-language pages to protest PIPA Wikipedia is going black on Wednesday, January 18, to help fight the contentious Protect IP Act (PIPA), which is set to go for a vote before the Senate on January 24. The move, first reported by Neal Mann, digital news editor at Sky News, was confirmed by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the far-reaching online encyclopedia, on Twitter. Wales says the blackout was a "community decision." Wikipedia founder defends blackout *new! JIMMY WALES, the co-founder of Wikipedia defended the decision to voluntarily blackout the world's largest online encyclopaedia for [...] Wikipedia Blackout: Five Great Alternatives and A Humorous Substitute In less than ten hours, Wikipedia will begin a blackout to the English-language Wikipedia. The blackout, which begins at 12:00 AM (EST) tomorrow and will last 24 hours, is a public protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). Here are five great alternatives to Wikipedia to use during the [...] Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal The Social Reference Desk: A Band-Aid For The Wikipedia Blackout Could Twitter, along with NPR, The Guardian and The Washington Post answer some of the questions Wikipedia answers daily? They're trying it tomorrow during the great Wikipedia blackout of 2012.
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