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Wikipedia Blackout Brings SOPA/PIPA Issue to Forefront for Businesses They are calling it the day the Web goes on strike. The planned Jan. 18 blackout of the English version of Wikipedia (along with reddit and Boing Boing) has brought to a head the showdown between various industries and business groups in support of and opposed to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. Depending on ... 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 ... Wikipedia founder defends blackout Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, has defended the decision to blackout the website around the world tomorrow, despite other American technology companies refusing to follow suit. Wikipedia to blackout all 3,847,673 English-language pages to protest PIPA Wikipedia is going black on Wednesday, January 18, to help fight the contentious Protect IP Act (PIPA), which is set to go for a vote before the Senate on January 24. The move, first reported by Neal Mann, digital news editor at Sky News, was confirmed by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the far-reaching online encyclopedia, on Twitter. Wales says the blackout was a "community decision." Wikipedia Blackout January 18: 5 Things to Know About the SOPA, PIPA Protest Wikipedia will initiate a blackout on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in protest of the anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. SOPA and PIPA are two Congressional bills meant to halt the illegal copying and sharing of movies and music on the Internet. However, major Internet organizations- such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing - claim the bills will hinder their operations and they are ready to protest. Wikipedia blackout: How to survive it In protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act , popular Web sites such as Reddit, Boing Boing, and Wikipedia will go dark Wednesday, displaying only a message about their opposition to the controversial bill ( Read more about SOPA here ). Read full article >> Wikipedia Blackout for SOPA Protest: 5 Online Encyclopedia Alternatives Wikipedia's English language site will blackout on Wednesday, joined by Reddit and Boing Boing, to protest two online anti-piracy acts--SOPA and PIPA-- being pushed by Congress. But where can one go when the world's largest free online encyclopedia goes dark?. Wikipedia blackout defended by founder Jimmy Wales Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales defends the global blackout of the popular site, which is happening Wednesday (Jan. 18) in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Wikipedia founder defends blackout *new! JIMMY WALES, the co-founder of Wikipedia defended the decision to voluntarily blackout the world's largest online encyclopaedia for [...] Wikipedia blackout: Wikipedia joins SOPA Strike, English version to have one-day offline on January 18 Website Wikipedia.org announced on Monday, January 16, 2012, that it will join the so-called SOPA Strike, in which the English version will have a one-day Wikipedia blackout on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Wikipedia official logo Image Credit: Wikipedia.org According to a press release by Wikipedia that day, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said that the online [...]
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