SOPA blackout: Bills lose three co-sponsors amid protests

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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