Viva La Revolucion! The Interwebz is Shutting Down for 12 Hours on January 18th

[woodyear99]

Well sorta, many popular sites will go down in protest against SOPA legislation...

http://freakoutnation.com/2012/01/16/viva-la-revolucion-the-interwebz-is-shutting-down-for-12-hours/

On January 18 the House Oversight Committee will be holding a hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and on that day you might notice that some of your favorite sites will be going dark in protest: this is a sample of what the internet could potentially be like after SOPA. In addition to the sites mentioned below, activists across the Internet from Reddit, Digg, Twitter and Facebook are remaining silent for 12 hours in protest.

In opposition to this censorship bill, Reddit, The Cheezeburger’s network, Boing Boing, Wikipedia (for 24 hours),Major League Gaming, Nuts and Dolts, Destructoid, Piccano, The social Spew network as well as FreakOutNation among others will be going dark. Also going dark, my friends at Anonymous, using the Twitter hashtags, #J18 and #SOPAblackout.

[W1nTry]

[rassmatic]

This thread's rather quiet today. Noticed that tuner's down (or was at least), XBMC forums, and Wikipedia (albeit partially).

[woodyear99]

SOPA Site Blackouts: It's Not Just Wikipedia

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/its-not-just-wikipedia/251555/


Wikipedia has nabbed headlines for its decision to black itself out today in protest of two big pieces of legislation now in Congress, the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate. But the online encyclopedia is far from the only place up in arms over the potential damage to the Internet the could result from these bills. Many sites have put up some form of protest today (a day that was originally scheduled for hearings on the House bill, which have since been canceled). The diversity of responses -- some snarky, some angry, some elegant -- is itself a testament to what these bills threaten: the creativity that makes the Internet great.

[shivanandrs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JhwuXNv8fJM

According to this guy, EA is in support of this non-sense too. Not sure if true, but I think I can live without ever buying another EA game. I don't think a lot of people know how serious this thing is.