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Today there's one gigantic mass of SOPA and PIPA protests across the web, most of them taking the form of a total blackout of the sites participating – what Google has done to assist in these sites rankings within the search results of their site is to

Three co-sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA antipiracy bills have publicly withdrawn their support as Wikipedia and thousands of other websites blacked out their pages Wednesday to protest the legislation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) withdrew as a co-sponsor

Three co-sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA antipiracy bills have publicly withdrawn their support as Wikipedia and thousands of other websites blacked out their pages Wednesday to protest the legislation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) withdrew as a co-sponsor

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By Clinton Yates Georgetown Hoyas play the West Virginia Mountaineers on January 7, 2012. (Mitchell Layton – GETTY IMAGES) The Hoyas got a strong road win last night against DePaul. Jason Clark might be going to the league off the performance he had

Despite its many problems, I use wikipedia, a lot. Too much. Sure enough, just now I tried to dig something up – and got the wikipedia blackout page. Where will we now quickly read up on SOPA (or whatever else)? The SOPA

As many as 7000 websites are participating today in protests of some form or another against the U.S. House Of Representatives' Stop Online Piracy Act.

Wikipedia and Google are concerned that the legislation, if passed, could be used to target legitimate sites where users share content. The 24-hour Wikipedia blackout is an unprecedented move for the online encyclopedia. However, it's not complete: the

For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia." But the 'Learn more' section of the site paints another picture as the firm says: "During the blackout, Wikipedia is accessible on mobile devices and smartphones.

The Internet's largest and most popular general reference has gone dark. Wikipedia has joined a protest against something it believes is even darker: passage of the Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property Acts.

Wikipedia and Google are concerned that the legislation, if passed, could be used to target legitimate sites where users share content. The 24-hour Wikipedia blackout is an unprecedented move for the online encyclopedia. However, it's not complete: the

In less than ten hours, Wikipedia will begin a blackout to the English-language Wikipedia. The blackout, which begins at 12:00

Click here Wikipedia editors question site's blackout Originally published: January 18, 2012 12:15 AM Updated: January 18, 2012 7:09 AM By The Associated Press PETER SVENSSON (AP Technology Writer) (AP) — Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day

The Internet's largest and most popular general reference has gone dark. Wikipedia has joined a protest against something it believes is even darker: passage of the Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property Acts.

The Washington Post announced that it and other media organizations would be answering questions in place of Wikipedia – submissions would come via Twitter with the hashtag #altwiki.

It's been a whirlwind few days as I've been doing my best to beat my internet drums to get people to pay attention to internet censorship law SOPA, and how it will affect everyone, and so has the rest of the web. This week Reddit announced a blackout

and reddit prepare for a Wednesday blackout to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and its Senate cousin the Protect IP Act, many smaller sites are also debating whether or not they want to participate in what is being called “SOPA Blackout Day.

With RedstoneHost as an example, it's unclear how much any of these participants will do in protest, beyond posting anti-SOPA rants or petitions. Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo is having none of it. He called the blackouts silly, according to a story in

The online blackout protests are rankling the Motion Picture Association of America, a lobbying group for the five biggest American film studios, which has lost significant support for its favorite bill in Washington over the past few months.

Google has some advice for anyone who would like to black out their site to protest the SOPA/PIPA/OPEN legislation, while ensuring that doing so doesn't harm their Google search rank or indexed content.

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