Wikipedia to black out for 24hours in protest of US Internet Censorship law

[Toma]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16590585

[HiTempguy1]

May God take pity on those poor souls who have school reports to turn in and they still haven't started them!

[Zephyr]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
May God take pity on those poor souls who have school reports to turn in and they still haven't started them!

Time to dust out the ol'

[rage2]

I'm going to flood Mibz with random questions on Wednesday. He's our "wiki guy".

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by Zephyr


Time to dust out the ol'

*MS Encarta 96 Pic*

lol I had that identical program. Back in the days of Jr. High when online plagiarism was getting very widespread and popular, I busted that out and no way could you "Google" it and see that I plagiarized. Just paraphrased here and there to be safe.

[Sugarphreak]

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[dansmith11]

misson accomplished. SOPA is dead (for now).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaud...y-legislation/

so i assume this isn't going to happen anymore.

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
May God take pity on those poor souls who have school reports to turn in and they still haven't started them!

Haha I was thinking the same thing

Glad to hear Obama reversed his decision though.

[Sugarphreak]

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[e31]

Don't be fooled. America is the undisputed king of saying one thing and doing another. I hope the blackout proceeds anyway as a symbolic gesture.

[yipb]

if u guys want to use wikipedia, simply go on the page and hit stop before it finishes loading.

[CompletelyNumb]

Or disable javascript, or go on mobile...

[jdmXSI]

I wouldn't be surprised if they don't just rename the act and silently push it through.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by jdmXSI
I wouldn't be surprised if they don't just rename the act and silently push it through.

They'll just tack it on as a rider to some anti-terrorism bill.

[Zephyr]

SOPA Is Baaaack!
Ernesto
January 17, 2012130 sopaPrint
That didn’t take long.

A few days ago the news broke that the pending Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was put on hold until consensus was reached.

Although the announcement was rather vague, some news sites and blogs declared SOPA dead, or “shelved,” or erased from history.

Wishful thinking, because today SOPA is back in full force.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith just announced that the SOPA markup is expected to continue next month.

“To enact legislation that protects consumers, businesses and jobs from foreign thieves who steal America’s intellectual property, we will continue to bring together industry representatives and Members to find ways to combat online piracy,” Chairman Smith said.

“Due to the Republican and Democratic retreats taking place over the next two weeks, markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act is expected to resume in February.

“I am committed to continuing to work with my colleagues in the House and Senate to send a bipartisan bill to the White House that saves American jobs and protects intellectual property.”

http://torrentfreak.com/sopa-is-baaack-120117/

It's back.....

[AndyL]

FAWK... xda devel is down too... at least a third of my daily sites are blacked out... FFS!

Thanks rage! At least yer still rocking the bandwidth

[J-hop]

Originally posted by yipb
if u guys want to use wikipedia, simply go on the page and hit stop before it finishes loading.

Haha yea if you google "bypass wiki blackout" they give you about 20 different ways to get around it. How easily some people are fooled

[cancer man]

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31100268?byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/31100268">PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/fightforthefuture">Fight for the Future</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

can somebody make this work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeAzr...layer_embedded

still don't trust the guy but the U.S is out of control.

[ArjayAquino]

Reddit is blacked out. This will be known as the most productive day of 2012.

[AG_Styles]

They're dropping it for now to regroup. They're hoping everyone will forget about it when Feb comes. Pretty much trying to stop the momentum.

It's a stupid law backed by the film and music industry in the US. Apparently suits at the top need to show they deserve their jobs. Such a bad bill for everyone that uses the internet for anything.