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Senators Drop Support Of Piracy Bill After Protests
washingtonpost.com 3 weeks, 6 days agoSupport for two online piracy bills in Congress appeared to wane Wednesday after opponents of the legislation staged a dramatic protest in which vast swaths of the Web effectively went dark . Visitors to Wikipedia who tried to search the online encyclopedia’s usually trivia-filled pages were instead greeted by a message informing them that the bills could “fatally damage the free and open Internet.” On Craigslist, those looking to search the classifieds had to first read through a note urging them to contac
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Web Sites Go Dark In SOPA Protest Against Plans To Ban Online Piracy
washingtonpost.com 4 weeks agoAt the stroke of midnight Wednesday, large swaths of content that Web surfers have gotten used to looking up every day started disappearing. Visitors to Wikipedia who are trying to search the encyclopedia’s usual trivia-filled pages are instead greeted by a shadowy “W” and a message saying, “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” , unless they type in the words SOPA or Protect IP ACT. Read full article >>
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