Wikipedia threatens blackout over anti-piracy bill
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Wikipedia founder and current online pin-up Jimmy Wales has announced that he may well blank out every page on Wikipedia in response to the Stop Online Piracy Act bill that's set to take place in the US.
Wales has been against the idea of the bill since day one, believing that it will throw the web into disarray and many a website will be harmed by faulty claims of copyright infringement.
White out
The US senate, however, believes the bill is needed to make sure the country's rights holders are given a fair shout at stymieing online piracy.
Wales is planning to fight the bill by blanking out Wikipedia US in its entirety – a kind of self-censorhip sit-in. »read more
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