Wikipedia, Reddit, Identi.ca and many others will blackout coming Jan. 18, Protest SOPA/PIPA

Wikipedia blackout coming Jan. 18, says co-founder Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia will black out its Web site on Wednesday to protest SOPA, a version of anti-piracy legislation that’s being considered by Congress.

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales made the announcement on Twitter on Monday, saying the site would shut down English versions of the crowd-sourced online encyclopedia at midnight Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday until midnight on Wednesday.

Wales called the move a “community decision.” He pointed to a page that was created to gauge support for a possible blackout. Users have until 6:59 p.m. today to weigh in on the decision.

Wales and other SOPA opponents hope to draw attention to language in SOPA that, according to some, is too broad and could hurt free speech and innovation. MORE>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/wikipedia-blackou...

Reddit Will Black Out Jan. 18 To Protest SOPA

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lenkendall/reddit-is-taking-the-nuclear-opt...

Identi.ca blackout 18 Jan 2012 8AM-8PM EST to protest SOPA/PIPA

Identi.ca will join Reddit, the Cheezburger Network, and dozens of other web sites in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act proposed in the US Congress and its corresponding Senate bill, Protect IP. We will be blacking out the service on Wednesday, January 18th 2012 from 8AM to 8PM EST. I want to explain why. http://status.net/2012/01/14/identi-ca-blackout-18-jan-2012-8am-8pm...

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Comment by TheLasersShadow on January 17, 2012 at 7:46pm
Comment by TheLasersShadow on January 17, 2012 at 7:20pm

LOL everyone here knows about SOPA and is against it, wouldn't help any thing IMHO.

Comment by TommyD on January 17, 2012 at 7:14pm

So..are we going to shut down 12160 in protest????

Comment by TheLasersShadow on January 17, 2012 at 7:09pm

Daily Paul Goes Dark Tomorrow - Wednesday January 18 - SOPA/PIPA Strike

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On January 18, The Daily Paul will join Wikipedia, Reddit, Twitter, BoingBoing, MoveOn.org, The Free Software Foundation, and tens of thousands of other websites around the Internet in going dark to oppose SOPA and PIPA, the looming US legislation that would create an impossible Internet censorship regime and export it to the rest of the world.

In a post-SOPA world, out-links from the Daily Paul to any other website would be prohibited unless I was completely, 100% positive that there was no copyright infringing content on those websites. This means no more linking to YouTube, Twitter, TVPC, Wordpress, Blogger, or any other user-content generated website -- including your personal blog -- lest I personally face the pain of being shut down, my finances frozen, the DailyPaul.com domain confiscated, having my IP address blacklisted, and eventually -- who knows -- probably being put into a cage for the protection of there rest of society.

In other words, if SOPA passes, say goodbye to our little community here at the Daily Paul. This website would go dark for good.

Such a bleak future is corporatism at its worst, and is what Dr. Paul has warned us against: Big Business getting into bed with Big Government to force submission to their goal of controlling every last aspect of our lives, including what we are able to read and speak here on this last bastion of freedom - the Internet.

The beauty of the internet is our ability to share with one another in an unmediated way. The forums of the Daily Paul bring people togethter from all over the world together to share, to trade ideas, to coordinate, to collaborate. You all know how powerful we become when we are able to work together in this way. In other words, the beauty of the internet is freedom. Is it any wonder that The Powers That Be want to put an end to it?

The time to make the stand is now. Please help spread the word about the SOPA Strike. Encourage other websites you frequent to participate in the strike. And by all means, call and write your representatives to let them know where you stand on the issue of Internet censorship.

This must not stand. The future is in your hands.

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