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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.

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