SOPA blackout: Bills lose three co-sponsors amid protests

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– 18 januari 2012Posted in: Blackout

Since they are fairly adept with their laptops, they will have found the way you get round the blackout page on your PC. No, don't ask, it's as much a mystery to me as phone hacking. And of course basic information, which would once have required

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chair or the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and an outspoken opponent of current versions of antipiracy legislation, gave a shout-out Wednesday to the Web blackout protest by sites including Wikipedia. Reddit, Mozilla and others.

On Wednesday Wikipedia and other websites are staging a 24 hour blackout to protest the SOPA and PIPA legislation in Congress, and protesters are lining up outside the New York City offices of US Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY

Today, the English version of Wikipedia is taking part in a 24-hour 'blackout' to protest against two proposed US anti-piracy laws, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act. The action mirrors similar actions from other websites including

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