Wikipedia blackout protest against SOPA

Wikipedia plans to take its English-language site offline on Wednesday as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US.

The user-generated news site Reddit and the blog Boing Boing have also said they will take part in the "blackout".

The sites' webmasters are opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) being debated by Congress.

However, Twitter has declined to take part in the shutdown.

Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, told the BBC: "Proponents of Sopa have characterised the opposition as being people who want to enable piracy or defend piracy.

"But that's not really the point. The point is the bill is so over broad and so badly written that it's going to impact all kinds of things that, you know, don't have anything to do with stopping piracy."

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


I say, good for them...

SOPA is a PATHETIC bill, and I highly doubt it would pass..

 

At least it's happening in my School Holidays, Wikipedia is always handy for school information :3 But I do agree with the protest.

Also, if you want more discussion about this, there's already a thread in Off-Topic General - http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1319698