Wikipedia to join reddit in SOPA blackout Wednesday
[Via Ars Technica]
Seeking to “send Washington a BIG message,” Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has announced that the English version of Wikipedia will go dark on Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, anti-piracy bills now being considered by Congress.
“Student warning!” Wales tweeted on Monday. “Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday!”
He said the blackout, which is expected to last 24 hours, was a decision of the Wikipedia community.
“This is going to be wow,” Wales wrote on Twitter. “I hope Wikipedia will melt phone systems in Washington on Wednesday.”
Wikipedia joins reddit (which, full disclosure, shares a parent company with Ars), which announced last week that it will go offline for 12 hours on the same day.
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Severe withdrawal for some people with Wikipedia, reddit and other sites going dark as an example of the ramifications of these highly injurious bits of legislation. Being able to shut down a site without any due process – not only the web site but the ability of an organization to accept money online – is a power too great to be left purely in the hands of corporations.
The chilling effect of these laws is simply astounding. Just another example of the power corporations who pay for the re-election of legislators have over our laws.
A Man With A Ph.D. 
Good! That’s great news! I’ve been spreading stop SOPA stuff all over Facebook and sites I used but the casual internet users don’t even seem to care! It’s time to turn those top dogs around, take away all their control, and live a happy fair life in harmony as I believe they’re half the trouble. If we have to take them on with websites shutting, so be it.