Wikipedia joins January 18 SOPA/PIPA protest

I wish youtube or google would do this then people would pay attention

Agree YouTube or Google would make a huge difference but this is much better then I figured it would be.

I Sure hope it works.

Google, including YouTube, should do some sort of blackout even if it is more of a notification on every single page with something like this:

"This site could be forcefully taken down if SOPA/PIPA is passed. Call and/or write your Congress Representatives today to show that you want them to vote NO on SOPA/PIPA. Select what State you live in to see your Congress Representative's number and address."

It isn't dead...the president promised to Veto it; and he hasn't kept his word once. It isn't enough to stop this bill; the people who introduced and backed it need to face criminal charges as a lesson to those who would attempt it next time.

Originally posted by KillerBug:

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It isn't dead...the president promised to Veto it; and he hasn't kept his word once. It isn't enough to stop this bill; the people who introduced and backed it need to face criminal charges as a lesson to those who would attempt it next time.

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I did my part by writing my congressman and senate rep.
People shouldn't just bitch about SOPA and PIPA. Folks need to be more proactive. State you will not vote to re-elect them if they support communist governments POV like China.

Jeff

The Author of SOPA Is a Copyright Violator
http://www.vice.com/read/lamar-smith-sopa-copyright-whoops

Originally posted by KillerBug:

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It isn't dead...the president promised to Veto it; and he hasn't kept his word once. It isn't enough to stop this bill; the people who introduced and backed it need to face criminal charges as a lesson to those who would attempt it next time.

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Actually he didn't promise to veto it. Other people who work for him listed some things any anti-piracy bill "must do," nowhere does it say he won't sign a bill if it doesn't meet those requirements. It does however say we need some sort of anti-piracy legislation before the end of the year and also suggests "all parties cooperate" on a solution besides this new law.

The biggest problem with all this, of course, is that it's never been established that there's a need for anti-piracy legislation. In order to show such a law would do anything besides punishing people, you would first need to prove people have money to spend on entertainment that they are currently hiding in a mattress, making paper airplanes, or putting in a pile and burning. Then you would have to show the reason those imaginary people aren't spending that money on movies, music, etc,... is because of piracy (that's actually the wrong term since piracy specifically deals with a commercial operation). Since the first one isn't true, the whole thing fails.

As to the second point, we already know what you get when companies cooperate with the RIAA and MPAA. Those two groups make exactly no concessions, and the other party and their customers get screwed. But of course, since Joe Biden is a close ally of the copyright lobby, and generally acknowledged to be in charge of administration IP policy, that's not a problem for the White House.

You do know some news sites are having a big laugh over this, as they say who cares if wiki does go dark, people will just look up other places.

Just as I predicted that ATT/Tmobile merger wouldn't happen, I predict this too won't.

SOPA is too broad and now too opposed. Not gonna happen. If this were to be approved, tens of thousands of sites would shutdown or be swept under the rug. Any with a link pointing anywhere that SOMEONE ELSE deems "illicit" (arbitrarily I might add) will be closed and/or condemned. America won't allow this. Maybe 8 years ago but not now.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/1..._n_1210990.html

google is joining... facebook should join so people will know what the hell is going on the white house.

Well since google is joining so... people going to think that site is spam or something haha

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/20...kout-wednesday/

this site says google not joining but the above link says google joining so wait til tomorrow to find out which is right.

google has black banner like censor covering the google logo but you still can google

Very nice AD, like the blackout page. All sites should participate today.

youtube should really join since this mostly affects them

good on yah afterdawn loving the blackout screen

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Well Said! Mrguss