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A new, simple piece of code will turn any site dark to protest, along with Wikipedia, Reddit and more, the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Thousands of websites have joined the blackout in protest against the SOPA bill, as the controversial legislation is put to a vote in the US Congress. Participants range from giants like Wikipedia and Craigslist to tiny individual

Links 1/18/12, Stop SOPA Day. Lots of Internet protests planned, and we may get our tech act together to participate (I don't fool with the site plumbing but my tech guy is on the case). Looking at a partial day shutdown during

Instead of being able to see these actions as a referendum on the way SOPA attempts to prevent piracy, Dodd can only see corporate goons skulking in the shadows. We're not sure where this idea that Google makes its money on the backs of piracy came

STOP SOPA. Today there will be no posts on this blog in solidarity with many other sites who are taking a stand, such as Boing, Boing, Wikipedia.org and google.com. The reason for this internet black out is in response to the

By willDate: 01-16-2012 Views: SOPA, or Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA, the Protect IP Act are bills that attempts to counter online piracy. It's supposed to fight against websites outside US who contain pirtated movies, songs, video games,

January 18th is also the day the internet—or parts of it—are going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA, the House and Senate's internet-killing anti-piracy bills. Though SOPA has been shelved and the White House has said it won't sign either bill,

By willDate: 01-16-2012 Views: SOPA, or Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA, the Protect IP Act are bills that attempts to counter online piracy. It's supposed to fight against websites outside US who contain pirtated movies, songs, video games,

That's because the popular crowd-sourced online encyclopedia is participating in an "Internet blackout" in protest of two controversial anti-piracy bills: The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (PIPA).

At this point, SOPA needs no introduction. But if you've been diligently ignoring it up until this point, good luck getting through January 18th.

Tepp noted that industry is now "at a place where a provision that has generated the most consternation, the most uproar" has been removed from SOPA and PIPA. "And what we're left with is a very narrow, carefully tailored, narrowly targeted bill that

Tepp noted that industry is now "at a place where a provision that has generated the most consternation, the most uproar" has been removed from SOPA and PIPA. "And what we're left with is a very narrow, carefully tailored, narrowly targeted bill that

Over the weekend, the Obama administration issued a potentially game-changing statement on the blacklist bills, saying it would oppose PIPA and SOPA as written, and drew an important line in the sand by emphasizing that

18, the English version of Wikipedia will go down for 24-hours to protest the US anti-piracy laws – Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). FYI, that's midnight tonight. Here's everything you need to know to prepare for tomorrow's

Tepp noted that industry is now "at a place where a provision that has generated the most consternation, the most uproar" has been removed from SOPA and PIPA. "And what we're left with is a very narrow, carefully tailored, narrowly targeted bill that

On top of that, the White House responded to a pair of anti-SOPA and anti-PIPA petitions and came out against DNS blocking as well. With all that and SOPA on the shelf until the nerds can come in and a consensus is

Supporters of the pending PIPA/SOPA anti-piracy bills often use The Pirate Bay as a prime example of a website that can be taken out under the new legislation. But is that really the case? The Pirate Bay team has been silent

The English-language version of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, will be shut down for 24 hours in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, now working their way through

As part of a sustained effort against (the recently-shelved) SOPA and (still-threatening) PIPA bills before Congress and the Senate, respectively, Wikipedia has.

It is joining the Anti-SOPA/PIPA movement by participating in Wednesday January 18th's website access blackout. NEW YORK, Jan 17 – Shadowville.com, a well known provider of music instrumentals for free and for purchase, announced today that it will be

DHARAMSHALA, January 17: Thousands of Tibetans from around the Golok region of eastern Tibet attended the funeral of Sonam Wangyal Sopa Rinpoche on Sunday morning. Sopa Rinpoche, a respected spiritual figure in his early forties passed away on the spot

There is a list on the Sopa Strike web site that names them all. However, some high profile web sites have not yet taken up the cause and these are the subjects of the bets being taken. Paddy Power said, "With so many websites potentially affected by

What is this all about: Help Stop SOPA/PIPA Turn off your website on January 18th for 12 hours. Simple and fast solution for turn the website off; use the Plugin WP Maintenance Mode, original for the activation of the

SOPA and PROTECT-IP are only the latest attempts, and even if the fuss we all make scares them away, mark my words, something similar will be back. First, let's be aware that market forces can be a bitch if you're on the wrong end of them.

What is this all about: Help Stop SOPA/PIPA Turn off your website on January 18th for 12 hours. Simple and fast solution for turn the website off; use the Plugin WP Maintenance Mode, original for the activation of the

A number of websites are (or were) planning to “go black” this week while the US Congress discusses issues related to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). The website blackouts are part of a larger social media effort

On Saturday, Colorado Senator Mark Udall publicly opposed PIPA. I've been talking to Mark and his team for about a month about this and I'm incredibly proud of.

House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is

House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is

Chris Hayes, over on MSNBC, decided to be the first to seriously break the mainstream cable news' boycott over SOPA/PIPA with a big debate on the bill — mainly between NBCUniversal's top lawyer, Rick Cotton, and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

The White House just released a statement commenting on the pending SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills in congress. While the Obama Administration sides with the opposition by saying that free-speech should be protected,

On Saturday, Colorado Senator Mark Udall publicly opposed PIPA. I've been talking to Mark and his team for about a month about this and I'm incredibly proud of him for taking a stand on this issue. I've been a supporter of Mark's for many years and his

Before you get too excited, remember that the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), the extremely similar Senate version of SOPA, is still steaming forward, and has to be stopped. But you can get a little excited, as this is pretty goddamned great news.

House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is

White House rejects SOPA and PIPA. By Cory Doctorow at 7:27 pm Saturday, Jan 14. Ranking members of the Obama administration have published a memo condemning the approach taken in SOPA and PIPA, the punishing, pending