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Darkness of SOPA

January 18th, 2012

I’ve been reading about SOPA and trying to really understand what it means and what its scope is.  Ain’t pretty, honey. Actually, it’s quite dark. A dark, scary place.

Wikipedia SOPA Protest
Image Above: screenshot of Wikipedia on blackout.  As someone who reads off Wikipedia quite a lot, this just makes me sad. T_T

Why SOPA Is Dangerous - the author sets examples to draw a picture of what could happen.
Confused by the Stop Online Piracy Act? Here’s ‘SOPA For Dummies’
These Websites Are Going Dark to Protest SOPA Wednesday - List of sites that announced their participation to protest
UNCENSORED – A personal experience with DMCA – UMG vs Veoh - a look on what could happen further down the dark side
Twitter  people are sharing a lot of thoughts and resources about the issue as well.
Flickr added a feature that will allow users to darken their photos to help raise awareness
Web Goes on Strike - http://sopastrike.com/
Wikipedia Blackout: 11 Huge Sites Protest SOPA, PIPA On January 18
Learn to Be a Better Activist During the SOPA Blackouts
WordPress.com Joins the Protest
 

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