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Post date: Jan 17, 2012 1:0:41 AM
Planning to do a little casual research this week? Don't wait until Wednesday, when Wikipedia will be going dark in protest of two Congressional bills focusing on copyright and the internet. According to the New York TImes:
Wikipedia is the latest Web site to decide to shut on Wednesday in protest against the two Congressional bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act, often called SOPA, and the Protect IP Act, which is often called PIPA. The bills have attracted fierce opposition from many corners of the technology industry. Opponents say several of the provisions in the legislation, including those that force search engines and Internet service providers to block access to Web sites that offer or link to copyrighted material, would stifle innovation, enable censorship and tamper with the livelihood of businesses on the Internet.
Read the full story online. The news was announced in the following tweet by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia:
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