Wikipedia in 24 hour blackout over US anti-piracy legislation
WIKIPEDIA has begun a 24-hour blackout to protest against proposed US anti-piracy legislation it thinks will ruin the internet. The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (SOPA) is being considered in Congress are designed to crack down on sales of pirated US products overseas. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has shut down the English versions of the site because of serious concerns about the impact of the proposed laws on the concept of a free internet. “For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history,”...
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