Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wikipedia Blackout Protest Has Plenty Of Company Google Goes Big With Its SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo Lamar Smith & MPAA Brush Off As Just A Publicity Stunt The End of the Internet To Use Home Page PIPA Tomorrow Google’s Will Lobby Against HollywoodSupported AntiPiracy Bills shuts down in protest blacks out site to US bills Craigslist SOPA legislation; logo Why joins blackout against piracy bill Editors Question Site's editors question site's planned Websites go dark antipiracy

Wikipedia, other websites go dark in anti-piracy bill protest Wikipedia was among several websites to shut down at midnight in protest of anti-piracy bills now in Congress that critics say could amount to censorship. Wikipedia, Google protest Internet bills Wikipedia went dark, Google blotted out its logo and other popular websites planned protests on Wednesday to voice concern over legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy. Wikipedia still accessible during SOPA blackout -- with a little effort Wikipedia is the biggest name among the approximately 10,000 websites that pledged to go dark Wednesday in a broad Internet protest of the SOPA and PIPA online anti-piracy bills. But word has quickly spread about how to circumvent the blackout. Why Wikipedia went down at midnight Go to Wikipedia at midnight, and you won't find any of the usual encyclopedia articles. Wikipedia editors question site's blackout Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation ... Wikipedia editors question site's planned blackout Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation ... Wikipedia, Google to protest Internet bills Wikipedia plans to go dark on Wednesday and Google and other websites are also planning protests to voice their concern over legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy. Wikipedia, Google protest US antipiracy proposals January 18 is a date that will live in ignorance, as Wikipedia started a 24-hour blackout of its English-language articles, joining other sites in a protest of pending U.S. legislation aimed at shutting ... Wikipedia to be blacked out over anti-piracy bill Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based online encyclopedia said in a statement Monday night. Wikipedia, Google Launch Their Anti-SOPA Protests Wikipedia, Google, and Craigslist are leading today's Internet protest march by changing their home pages in defiance of the SOPA and Protect IP bills. Wikipedia and Craiglist have indeed gone through on threats to "go dark" (though there are workarounds; see below), while Google has gone with a much more understated black bar over its famous logo, and a link to a (sorta) explanation of what the ...
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References:
http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/wikipedia-blackout-pipa-sopa-protest-google/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120117/21305017444/google-goes-big-with-its-sopapipa-protests-blacks-out-logo.shtml
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20120118/NEWS/120118005/
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/18/4196393/wikipedia-blacks-out-site-to-protest.html#mi_rss=Wire%20Nation/World
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/1/18/wikipedia-editors-question-sites-blackout?s_cid=rss:wikipedia-editors-question-sites-blackout
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/jan/18/wikipedia-editors-question-sites-blackout-ar-1620020/
http://pixelhat.net/

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