Wikipedia joins SOPA blackout

[Professor James]

I was just on Wikipedia and it said that the English Wikipedia will black out in protest of SOPA. Here's the link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative

 

[Azure-Supernova]

I thought the whole SOPA thing was already sorted?

 

[Nouw]

From what I've been reading on the Escapist, they're a bit too late. It's good that they're taking action though. It shows that they care.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Don't worry guys, they're gonna protest PIPA now. I support Wikipedia doing this, but boy, will I be lacking info for 24 hours...

 

[Professor James]

Don't worry guys, they're gonna protest PIPA now. I support Wikipedia doing this, but boy, will I be lacking info for 24 hours...

There is a way to still get info from wikipedia

Spoiler

download and use Google chrome, go to wikipedia.org and click on deutsch or even just go to de.wikipedia.org. After a second there should be something on the top of your screen say that do you want to translate this page and just say yes. Now you have access to Wikipedia just with a minor inconvenience having to constantly translate and have some things untranslatable.

 

[MattRobinson]

I thought the whole SOPA thing was already sorted?

From what I've been reading on the Escapist, they're a bit too late. It's good that they're taking action though. It shows that they care.

Obama said he'd veto it and it's been shelved indefinitely. Doesn't mean that they outright got rid of it.

Obama also said he'd veto the NDAA, still signed it

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Not going to make a drop of fucking difference. You watch.

 

[seraphy]

Not going to make a drop of fucking difference. You watch.

You think it would be better to do nothing?

That would certainly be more helpful! Right?

 

[Chased]

I guess I'll just have to use the rest of the internet to get my information for awhile.

Don't worry guys, they're gonna protest PIPA now. I support Wikipedia doing this, but boy, will I be lacking info for 24 hours...

There is a way to still get info from wikipedia

Que?

Spoiler

download and use Google chrome, go to wikipedia.org and click on deutsch or even just go to de.wikipedia.org. After a second there should be something on the top of your screen say that do you want to translate this page and just say yes. Now you have access to Wikipedia just with a minor inconvenience having to constantly translate and have some things untranslatable.

Ich bin in berliner.

Thank God, now I can stay in college. (I would hate to have to use something like EbscoHost...)

 

[nsqared]

I thought the whole SOPA thing was already sorted?

SOPA is sorted, but if you look at the banner it says SOPA and PIPA, which is still up for grabs. The infection isn't dead yet, PIPA hasn't been overruled by Congress.

 

[Vivi22]

I thought the whole SOPA thing was already sorted?

SOPA is sorted, but if you look at the banner it says SOPA and PIPA, which is still up for grabs. The infection isn't dead yet, PIPA hasn't been overruled by Congress.

And as they state in their message on the wikipedia site, they feel SOPA and PIPA are merely symptoms of a desire by current legislators around the world to tighten regulations regarding the internet and strip away internet freedom. I agree with them in that regard. SOPA may have gone away for now, but it will almost inevitably come back in some form or another before too long, and in more places than just the US. This just helps to raise awareness before the fight becomes impossible to win.

 

[Joccaren]

Not going to make a drop of fucking difference. You watch.

Of course, SOPA has already been shelved, protesting it now isn't going to do a lot.

However, if it were still going I'd disagree with you. Wikipedia going down means millions of people become aware of SOPA that were not previously from all around the world. They will start blaming the US government, putting a lot of pressure on it to drop the bill. Whether they would drop it or not has been proven as a yes by the fact they have dropped it. Want to know the reason they dropped it? Numerous people protesting against the bill. Ergo: It actually did make a difference.

 

[Robert Ewing]

We mustn't forget PIPA people....