Wikipedia Blackout Protest Has Plenty Of Company Lamar Smith & MPAA Brush Off As Just A Publicity Stunt Google joins blackout against piracy bill editors question site's planned Major Media to the Stop Online Piracy Act Editorial An online prevent a dark day Reddit's SOPA Admirable but and Facebook Must Follow New Old Battle Over Net Rules

Internet blackout against US law fails to enlist big sites SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A blackout scheduled for Wednesday to protest against proposed legislation on online piracy has failed to get the support of the biggest Internet players. Despite calls for the participation of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other big names, the biggest participants are the online encyclopedia Wikipedia and the social-news website Reddit. ... Internet blackout against law fails to enlist big sites A blackout scheduled for Wednesday to protest against proposed legislation on online piracy has failed to get the support of the biggest Internet players. Despite calls for the participation of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other big names, the biggest participants are Wikipedia and the social-news website Reddit. Internet Blackout Against SOPA Fails to Enlist Big Sites A blackout scheduled for Wednesday to protest against proposed legislation on online piracy has failed to get the support of the biggest Internet players. SOPA blackout: websites protest anti-piracy bills Wikipedia is only one among thousands of websites taking part in a scheduled internet blackout aimed in protest against SOPA, an anti-piracy bill currently being discussed by US lawmakers. read more The Case For and Against the Wikipedia Blackout Other big Internet players haven't rallied behind Jimmy Wales, after the Wikipedia founder confirmed that the site would go dark this Wednesday to protest SOPA. Wikipedia has joined Reddit for a 24 hour blackout tomorrow. But other anti-Sopa sites aren't sure this is the best way to protest the anti-piracy bill. When asked if Twitter would blackout as well, CEO Dick Costolo called the whole ... Internet Blackout Puts Washington Online Piracy Fight In Limelight SOPA and PIPA (no, they're not the Duchess of Cambridge's sisters) will be on the minds of a lot more people Wednesday because of the online protests by Wikipedia, Google and other popular websites over anti-piracy legislation under consideration by Congress. Wikipedia still accessible during SOPA blackout -- with a little effort Wikipedia's pages can still be reached during the Internet blackout protest of the SOPA and PIPA online piracy bills. Internet blackout looms as SOPA protest nears zero hour Internet companies and activists are hoping to join the Arab Spring and other online democracy movements by taking an estimated 7,000 websites offline Wednesday to send a message to Washington: Don't pass a pair of anti-piracy bills. Wikipedia Blackout Scheduled for Wednesday Well if you need to find something on Wikipedia, you better do it now. Because beginning Wednesday, the free online encyclopedia, along with a few other websites, will voluntarily enter an internet blackout. Wikipedia plans to go dark beginning at midnight eastern time for 24 hours to protest against two congressional bills. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) include ... Internet Blackout Puts Washington Online Piracy In Limelight SOPA and PIPA (no, they're not the Duchess of Cambridge's sisters) will be be on the minds of a lot more people Wednesday because of the online protests by Wikipedia, Google and other popular Internet web sites against the anti-piracy legislation with the catchy acronyms currently under...
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