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Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of freewheeling discussion site Reddit and a vocal critic of the two bills, has called for an Internet blackout on Wednesday.Wikipediahas confirmed it will participate along with other smaller sites.

A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals. It is our hope that the

We have a compiled a list of five easy alternatives, to enable you access Wikipedia content on the day the world's largest encyclopaedia has gone dark.

Perhaps during the blackout, Internet users can look elsewhere for an accurate definition of online piracy.” The Protect IP Act is scheduled to come up for a cloture vote on Jan. 24; the House Judiciary committee will resume markup of the bill in

A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals. It is our hope that the

As announced, Wikipedia's main page is "blackened" today in protest of the controversial Stop online privacy act (SOPA).

While websites are going dark, we'll try to bring a little light in your day. Here's today's top SOPA memes.

As announced, Wikipedia's main page is "blackened" today in protest of the controversial Stop online privacy act (SOPA).

While websites are going dark, we'll try to bring a little light in your day. Here's today's top SOPA memes.

One writer discusses why we need to understand and oppose SOPA — immediately.

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

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.

Wiki Offline is probably the best option for iOS, but costs $5; Android uses, thanks to WikiDroyd, get the same experience for free. We're not certain if the Wikipedia mirrors will be available to download during the blackout, but they probably will be

Wiki Offline is probably the best option for iOS, but costs $5; Android uses, thanks to WikiDroyd, get the same experience for free. We're not certain if the Wikipedia mirrors will be available to download during the blackout, but they probably will be

SOPA Rep Blasts Wikipedia Blackout, Says Law To Go Forward In Feb. Comments (View); Text Size: A A; Email · Share. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tx), who is leading a push to pass a controversial anti-piracy bill, issued a

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales defends the global blackout of the popular site, which is happening Wednesday (Jan. 18) in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Wiki Offline is probably the best option for iOS, but costs $5; Android uses, thanks to WikiDroyd, get the same experience for free. We're not certain if the Wikipedia mirrors will be available to download during the blackout, but they probably will be

NY Tech Meetup, a community comprised of more than 19000 technology enthusiasts, is planning a large rally for Wednesday afternoon to protest the anti-piracy legislation proposed by SOPA and PIPA. The rally will take place outside the midtown offices

Google on Tuesday announced it would make an unprecedented change to its homepage for American users on Wednesday, January 18, in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), the

The anti-SOPA and PIPA demonstrations don't stop with site-wide blackouts planned for Wednesday by a number of web giants. People also have plans to meet up in real life and take the protest to the streets in cities such as

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 on the issue, until now.

The “knowledge blackout” is aimed at protecting the Internet – and the website's very existence – from online censorship, which many are equating to a complete disregard of due process.

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

searches on the Internet Tuesday include Wikipedia on news the online encyclopedia will shut down its English-language Web site for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. Wikipedia, which said its blackout will go into effect Wednesday,

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"An 'Internet blackout' would obviously be both drastic and unprecedented," NetCoalition said in a statement. "We hope that the Senate will cancel its scheduled vote on PIPA so that we can get back to working with members on how to address the concerns

Wikipedia to join Reddit blackout to protest SOPA, PIPA | 'Student warning! Do your homework early'

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.