The Internet is rising up in protest on February 11th

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA - The Oatmeal
“For the next 24 hours I am blacking out TheOatmeal.com in protest of SOPA and PIPA. If one of these bills were to pass, this page is what many sites on the internet would look like. As someone who creates content for the web, earns a living from it, and has had his content pirated, I do feel…”
Wikipedia Blackout: Survive with These 12 Alternatives
“What are your options sans Wikipedia? Here are 12+ sites that might help.”
I am not sure if we have quite found one with what
the New Kids on the Block would call, “The Right Stuff.”


Source: Wikipedia’s SOPA protest is up. - J-List Tumblr
Here‘s How To Beat Wikipedia’s Blackout
“At midnight last night, a long list of influential websites like Wikipedia, BoingBoing, The912-Project, and even some of the Occupy Wall Street sites have ‘gone dark’ in a brief protest of House Bill 3261 or the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). If you do visit Wikipedia’s homepage today, this is what …”
On Friday, May 13, 2011, Blogspot, which my spell checker would rather call ‘bloodsport,’ had some system issues, and I began to additionally use WordPress, which has today blacked out itself.
End Piracy, Not LibertyGoogle
“Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose...”
To bring a smile to my face, let us watch “Equestria Girls (with lyrics)” while we may.

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