(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Protests against SOPA and PIPA are a success
Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: MrJC// 1/18/12



By now most of you know about SOPA and PIPA, the bills that could sensor the internet. Petitions to stop this bill began going around the web around October of last year. Sadly only people that spent hours everyday on the internet knew about them, so not too many people spoke against them and the bills were able to advance to the house of representatives. There, the bill gained many supporters and became a real threat to the freedom of the internet.

With these bills gaining so many followers something had to be done. Petitions were not enough and some people started giving ideas to protest by showing people how the bill would affect them. Wikipedia made the decision to block the english version of their encyclopedia. Instead of just blocking it with a black image, they decided to include some text explaining why they were protesting and how people could join the protest. Many other sites did the same exact thing and some just told the users about the issue. With so many people signing petitions and calling their representatives in congress, some of them stopped supporting the bills and switched sides to go against these bills. So far seventeen representatives have switched sides, and the bills have lost a lot of popularity in congress. Obama's administration has also spoken about the bills and they have decided to go against it.

This is still not a victory, but it's an important step against these bills. This also showed the power the internet has and how influential can be, even in the US government.

I dont know what i would do if sopa was passed

That's what the website says
The Wikipedia blackout is over — and you have spoken.

More than 162 million people saw our message asking if you could imagine a world without free knowledge. You said no. You shut down Congress’s switchboards. You melted their servers. From all around the world your messages dominated social media and the news. Millions of people have spoken in defense of a free and open Internet.

For us, this is not about money. It’s about knowledge. As a community of authors, editors, photographers, and programmers, we invite everyone to share and build upon our work.

Our mission is to empower and engage people to document the sum of all human knowledge, and to make it available to all humanity, in perpetuity. We care passionately about the rights of authors, because we are authors.

SOPA and PIPA are not dead: they are waiting in the shadows. What’s happened in the last 24 hours, though, is extraordinary. The internet has enabled creativity, knowledge, and innovation to shine, and as Wikipedia went dark, you've directed your energy to protecting it.

We’re turning the lights back on. Help us keep them shining brightly.

Anybody tryed to create their own Act?

Allow.Online.Privacy.Act

Seariously Sopa, **** offf! Money whores!

i Cant Flirt with Enzo if this site goes down!

REbell!!!!!!!!

i didnt know thanks.

shit we r pwned