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Wikipedia is closing! The screen goes blank on January 18 ...

Posted on: 01/17/2012 01:11

 

On January 18 there will be no Wikipedia.  Think of it!  Such a great resource and suddenly it is not there.  What a loss!

 

Your freedom and the value of the internet to the people of the world as a social and intellectual resource (as opposed to merely being used as the biggest most high tech "shopping channel" in the world) is being threatened by two new pieces of legislation moving through the U.S Congress. 

 
These legislative measures threaten the workings of Wikipedia (and all sites where information is shared) and they threaten to clog the web generally. Wikipedia is so concerned that it is taking action. Share the link and pass the word. Register your displeasure with the government. Convey your concern. This is serious ...
 
 
 
The government of the U.S. doesn't want you to think or communicate they just want you to shop! 
 
 
For more information follow the link.
 
Wikipedia:SOPA initiative/Take action - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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This page is for taking action against SOPA/PIPA and for background information until the official Wikipedia blackout begins on Wednesday, January 18th, 5:00 UTC. Read more about the blackout in the the community announcement and in Sue Gardner's blog post.

 

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Posted on: 01/20/2012 20:38

And it worked ....

 

U.S. postpones vote on anti-piracy law 

 

For your viewing pleasure a musical exploration of what's at stake ....

 

 

Ed note: If the law was passed as written, the above video would be illegal and so would my sharing it.

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Posted on: 01/20/2012 21:00

Now it is dead and buried.

 

 

 

 
In the House, Republican SOPA co-sponsors Ben Quayle of Arizona, a Judiciary Committee member, and Terry pulled their support for the bill. Blackburn, an ardent stumper for the legislation, called on the House to “scrap the bill and start over.”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who had been an active and engaged co-sponsor, announced that he wouldn’t vote for the bill in its current form. Dozens of lawmakers — some of them co-sponsors — followed suit, announcing their opposition.
 
 
 
 
Grassley, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, and former Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) withdrew their support for the PIPA.
“I never saw the wind come out of the sails of something so effing fast in my life,” said one lobbyist working for a tech company
 
 
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71746_Page3.html#ixzz1k39ymFHu

 

 

This is big The day the internet first flexed it's muscle in the US, we saw a massive turn around.

 

Has a giant been awaken? Will it go back to sleep?

 

 

 

 

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