Censored Chinese artist's photos coming to NYC
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Read MoreWikipedia goes dark for 24 hours to protest web piracy bills
Fox News
A number of major English-language websites around the world, including Wikipedia, have blacked out their pages Wednesday, to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration by the US Congress. (Jan. 18) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Piracy is when people use violence, or the threat of it, to transfer your possessions to themselves (after which you no longer [...]
Read MoreSOPA, PIPA: What you need to know
CBS News
Starting at 8:00 am Eastern tomorrow, Mozilla will join with other sites in a virtual strike to protest the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). These bills protect content at all costs, creating the opportunity for A number of websites are (or were) planning to “go black” this week while the [...]
Read MoreStop SOPA And Piracy
InformationW
SOPA = Stop Online Piracy Act sounds benign, as almost all legislation does. The names of most bills are completely antithetical to what the bill would actually do. SOPA is no exception. You read the name. “Piracy is bad,” Stop SOPA. January 18th, 2012 is the largest online protest in history, to stop the internet [...]
Read MoreWikipedia Blackout Lets In Some Light
New York Tim
As the Washington Post reports, Mr Wales expects an estimated 25million daily visitors to be affected by a Wikipedia blackout. The Obama administration has also raised concerns about the legislation. The administration said over the weekend that it The Internet's largest and most popular general reference has gone dark. Wikipedia has joined a protest against [...]
Read MoreSOPA, PIPA: What you need to know
CBS News
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 SOPA/PIPA don't aim at the people trying to get to the store. SOPA/ And, because SOPA/PIPA create a new regulatory [...]
Read MoreWikipedia anti-SOPA blackout underway
SlashGear
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 Josh Wolford's comprehensive rundown of the SOPA/PIPA [...]
Read MoreSOPA Blackout Aims To Block Internet Censorship Bill
Huffington P
Internet lobbying against the bill has been fierce and has resulted in a couple of victories: a White House statement opposing House and Senate anti-piracy bills in their current forms and the dropping of a controversial provision in SOPA that required Josh Wolford's comprehensive rundown of the SOPA/PIPA protest blackouts slated for tomorrow mentioned how [...]
Read MoreWikipedia blackout: Why even supporters question anti-SOPA move
Christian Sc
Here's a nice wrapup of issues around the House's Stop Online Piracy Act. And here's a whimsical guide for five ways to survive the Wikipedia blackout. By David Beard | 02:27 PM ET, 01/17/2012 SuperFan badge holders consistently post smart, SOPA Rep Blasts Wikipedia Blackout, Says Law To Go Forward In Feb. Comments (View); Text [...]
Read MoreSOPA opponents gaining momentum; Wikipedia, Google join protest
msnbc.com
I'm sure you've heard by now that SOPA is bad and would ruin the Internet, but have you actually read the bill? If not, it's worth reading, for two reasons. First, if you are going to oppose a bill, you should know exactly what you're opposing, Hollywood, one of the biggest backers of SOPA, is [...]
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