Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Stupid High School Kids Web Activists’ Assault On AntiPiracy Bills Sends Supporters Fleeing Wikipedia Blackout Protest Has Plenty Of Company Denial MPAA Pretends That No Big Sites Have Joined SOPA/PIPA Protests Google Goes With Its Protests; Blacks Out Logo Why today's blackouts are working What if the Internet went down Wassermanwhat Congresswoman excommish in mixup Mike Brownfield An blackout over SOPA and PIPA exposes Silicon ValleyHollywood rivalry protest U.S. antipiracy proposals Could Be Like Passes US protests Southwest Michigan reacts to day of Lamar Smith & Brush Off As Just A Publicity Stunt Do you care about shuts

Wikipedia editors react: the SOPA blackout is wrong We've all undoubtedly suffered a bit due to the Wikipedia blackout today. The site has censored itself to give the Internet a test of what the consequences of SOPA/PIPA regulations could look like. And while it's inarguably effective and has created something of a rally cry among devoted Web users, some take issue with the tactic—specifically, Wikipedia editors. Wikipedia, Google protest Internet bills Wikipedia went dark, Google blotted out its logo and other popular websites planned protests on Wednesday to voice concern over legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy. Wikipedia, Google to protest Internet bills Wikipedia plans to go dark on Wednesday and Google and other websites are also planning protests to voice their concern over legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy. Wikipedia editors question site's blackout Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work. Wikipedia editors question site's planned blackout Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work. Wikipedia, Google Launch Their Anti-SOPA Protests Wikipedia, Google, and Craigslist are leading today's Internet protest march by changing their home pages in defiance of the SOPA and Protect IP bills. Wikipedia and Craiglist have indeed gone through on threats to "go dark" (though there are workarounds; see below), while Google has gone with a much more understated black bar over its famous logo, and a link to a (sorta) explanation of what the ... Wikipedia to be blacked out over anti-piracy bill Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based online encyclopedia said in a statement Monday night. Wikipedia Traffic Increases During SOPA Protest Blackout Wikipedia experienced increased traffic Wednesday, despite blacking out its English language content to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Wikipedia goes dark in protest of anti-piracy bill Wikipedia was among several websites that shut down at midnight Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy bills that critics say could amount to censorship. Wikipedia, other websites go dark in anti-piracy bill protest Wikipedia was among several websites to shut down Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy bills now in Congress that critics say could amount to censorship.
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References:
http://gawker.com/5877192/stupid-high-school-kids-and-teachers-freak-out-over-wikipedia-blackout
http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/web-activists-assault-on-anti-piracy-bills-sends-supporters-fleeing/
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/18/why-todays-web-blackouts-are-working/
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_19769145?source=rss
http://dailyherald.com/article/20120118/news/701189770/
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_777212.html
http://ocunwired.ocregister.com/2012/01/18/do-you-care-about-sopa-web-blackouts/12855/
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20120118/NEWS/120118005/
http://pixelhat.net/

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