Wikipedia Blackout: Websites Wikipedia, Reddit, Others Go Dark Wednesday to Protest SOPA, PIPA

ABC News ^ | January 17, 2012 | Ned Potter

[cynwoody]

There is no need for copyright.

You produce IP, it's up to you to capitalize on it before someone else does!

[nutmeg]

ping

[cynwoody]

Hit the stop button on your browser to avoid the bounce to the blackout page.

Disabling JavaScript for the sites in question may also help. Works for the Wikipedia, at least.

[cynwoody]

We survived a million years without Wiki, so twenty-four hours won’t matter much.

We survived a million years without the internet. Now ask the nice librarian to help you find out about Bain Capital ...

[Billthedrill]

Hmm...suddenly those of us who were relegated to the category of right-wing paranoids turn out to be correct on the issue on which we've been speaking out for years. And suddenly the people who are doing their best to manipulate and deride us are asking for our help. How nice.

We want people to trust Wikipedia, not worry that it is trying to propagandize them.

Well, it is and has been doing precisely that. And the sad thing is that we have to side with them now because the alternative is worse. Fine. I've gone on record with my Rep and Senators, and I didn't need a black splotch on Google to tell me to do so. I've found myself in the same foxhole as these guys but I don't have to like it and I don't have to like them because they sure as hell don't like me.

[rmlew]

Snotty move. A flash page, would be fine. But a complete blackout annoys, rather than informs people.

[Democrat_media]

Good point.

[Biggirl]

But could a law such as SOPA most likely in up in a court setting?

[abb]

Without doubt.

[miami33]

Craigslist Blackout.

[LS]

Never thought I’d be a Wiki supporter, but good for them.

[Baynative]

Check the google logo today:

[discostu]

Maybe back when Senators and Congressmen gave a crap what their people thought. Almost everything Congress has passed for the last decade has been against the will of the people. If Wiki really wanted to make a statement they’d make all their pages that relate at all to Disney redirect to their SOPA page.

[nutmeg]

Snotty move. A flash page, would be fine. But a complete blackout annoys, rather than informs people.

Good point, I agree. Google handled it better... they're still functioning as normal today, with a single line (and info link) below their search box:

Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!

[nutmeg]

I agree, but rather than "black out" Wiki's entire site for 24 hours, I think Google handled it better... they're still functioning as normal today, with a single sentence (and info link) below their search box:

Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[GOPJ]

bump to the top

[GOPJ]

With this administration in charge this is no time to give the government more power.

Good point.

[Jagermonster]

This administration or any other, no time is a good time to give the government more power.