Wikipedia to shutdown for 24 hours by Magonsdaughter

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Wikipedia to shutdown for 24 hours

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UPDATED: Monday, January 16, 2012 21:10
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Monday, January 16, 2012 3:12 PM

It's in protest against web piracy.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/antipiracy-protest
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Does this mean we all go back to being morons?

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Monday, January 16, 2012 3:25 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

More specifically, it's to protest...

The Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/antipiracy-protest
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" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Monday, January 16, 2012 3:53 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours tomorrow to protest against US piracy laws backed by the music and film industries but rigorously opposed by internet companies.

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Monday, January 16, 2012 4:04 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

The professors warn that the SOPA legislation is even worse in this regard. “Under SOPA, IP rights holders can proceed vigilante-style against allegedly offending sites, without any court hearing or any judicial intervention or oversight whatsoever… and all of this occurs based upon a notice delivered by the rights holder, which no neutral third party has even looked at, let alone adjudicated on the merits,” they write.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/20/us_ip_fail_internet_constituti
on/

The team also echoes concerns from Sandia Labs and others that the laws would break the implementation of DNSSEC. Those companies using the secure protocol could find themselves liable for legal action, some experts have warned, and would encourage the formation of new, unregulated DNS systems that would fracture the overall structure of the internet.

From a legal standpoint the proposed laws are almost certainly unconstitutional, the trio warns, since it can be used to deprive first amendment free speech rights without any access to a court hearing and with little or no evidence presented of a crime – indeed overseas website owners may not even be informed before a site is taken down.

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Monday, January 16, 2012 4:18 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

The House just killed the SOPA bill, allegedly.

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Monday, January 16, 2012 4:21 PM

BYTEMITE

Noooooo! My precious brainpower! Now all my hard earned knowledge is going to be crowded in with smut and opinions written in AOHellese!

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Monday, January 16, 2012 4:47 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

"AOHellese"

Aw nuts. Now my brain is busy doing 'sounds kind of like ...." versions. Aholeese. Helloeese. (or the British version Halloeese.) AWOLeese. ...

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Monday, January 16, 2012 5:22 PM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!

Wiki is protesting the Juice in Hollywood.

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Monday, January 16, 2012 8:46 PM

DREAMTROVE

Jusr so we're clear that wikipedia is protesting in favor of piracy and not against it. And yeah, sopa is evil.

Byte, ward it off with anitporn

Don't worry, its the internet, i'm sure someone will take the day of no wiki to launch their own, even if it turns out to be pornopedia.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Monday, January 16, 2012 9:10 PM

CUDA77

Like woman, I am a mystery.

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
The House just killed the SOPA bill, allegedly.

It's not killed, it's just been shelved. Meanwhile, the Protect IP Act (PIPA) is still looming large in the Senate. Would obviously prefer both to be dead but it's a small victory for the time being.

http://www.osnews.com/story/25513/SOPA_Shelved_Wikipedia_Joins_Blackou
t_Anyway

Socialist and unashamed about it.

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