Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Sopa blackout

  • Little more than an hour into the first Internet strike, major websites like Wikipedia and Craigslist remained dark to protest controversial anti-piracy legislation and more promised to follow in the morning.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Representative Lamar Smith has spent the last three months going to war with the entire Internet. And a few of the web's biggest sites going on strike isn't about to stop him now.
  • (Forbes)
  • In protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act, Wikipedia will go dark tomorrow. From 5 a.m. GMT tomorrow to 5 a.m. GMT Thursday, the English version of the website will be inaccessible to anyone around the globe.
  • (Hotair.com)
  • The authors of controversial piracy legislation are dismissing website blackouts planned for Wednesday as a "publicity stunt" designed to "stoke fear" among the public.
  • (Politico.com)
  • And supporters of the copyright bills dismissed the blackout as a "stunt House leadership aides are reluctant to talk much about SOPAs prospects, pointing to the fact that its stuck in the Judiciary Committee.
  • (Politico.com)
  • Hundreds, if not thousands of websites are expected to go dark or alter themselves Wednesday to protest proposed U.S. anti-piracy legislation that many believe goes too far fighting online copyright and trademark infringement.
  • (Wired News)
  • With growing opposition against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an imminent blackout protest to kick off tomorrow, and a postponed vote on the legislation, it seemed as though SOPA was close to being dead.
  • (SlashGear)
  • Dont 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).
  • (International Business Times)
  • The encyclopedia wiki site will have a 24-hour blackout Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Several other tech companies have stated opposition to the proposed legislation, while many media companies embrace it.
  • (CNN (blog))

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