Wikipedia Blackout

Marwikedor

Marwikedor

Marwikedor
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It seems Wikipedia is "blackedout" all over the English speaking world in protest to some proposed legislation the the US House of Representatives...
 
Which makes you think:

...is Wikipedia blocked out in the UK? Because that would be seriously messed up if it was.
 
oh god not this blocking-out-internet crap again

whyyyyyyyy government whyyyyyyyy

this better not pass

and for those of you too lazy to check it out yourselves, here's all that wikipedia has to say right now:
Wikipedia's Blackout Message said:
Imagine a World
Without Free Knowledge
For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia. Learn more.
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^Why not just use Google Translate? It's pretty bad with some translations, but that's my main solution for this.
 
The internet will be in serious trouble if this bill passes. Companies may despise copyright infringement, but this is just ridiculous.
 
It's only 24 hours guys. Deal with it.
 
I really hope this bill doesn't pass. I'm also annoyed by the blackout. What will the blackout do other than pissing people off a little bit?
 
It will raise awareness about the bill. A well-known site like Wikipedia is perfect for this since it's a site that politicians are likely to use.
 
This bill can pretty much endanger a lot of internet forums, especially the hacking forums.
 
MnSG said:
This bill can pretty much endanger a lot of internet forums, especially the hacking forums.
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And this one, since it's a fansite. There's tons of copyright material here.