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salvorhardin

(9,995 posts)
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:50 PM Jan 2012

List of sites going dark on Wed. in protest of SOPA/PIPA (Wiki, Paypal et. al.)

Last edited Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:59 PM - Edit history (6)

Here's the complete list of sites that I know of who have committed to going dark on Wednesday to protest SOPA. Do you know of any more? Are any on this list erroneous?

Reddit
Wikipedia
AOL
eBay
Etsy
Foursquare
IAC
LinkedIn
Mozilla
OpenDNS
PayPal
Twitter
Yahoo!
Zynga
Boing Boing
Raspberry Pi
Cheezburger Network
Tucows
Red 5 Studios

On edit: Also, if you have a WordPress site, here's a free plugin that will allow your site to go dark too on Wednesday: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/go-dark

ETA: SOPA may have been "shelved" but Reid says he's still moving forward with PIPA. See: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120116/02442717414/harry-reid-says-hes-concerned-pipa-will-break-internet-we-must-move-forward-with-it-because-jobs.shtml

[div style="background-color:yellow; color:red;padding:10px;font-size:1.1em;"]Update 1/17: Here's a much more comprehensive list that I found. http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/13/websites-confirmed-for-the-jan-18-blackout-protesting-sopa

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List of sites going dark on Wed. in protest of SOPA/PIPA (Wiki, Paypal et. al.) (Original Post) salvorhardin Jan 2012 OP
Kick deacon Jan 2012 #1
All day Wednesday? frazzled Jan 2012 #2
I don't think they'd do that salvorhardin Jan 2012 #6
I hope not ... frazzled Jan 2012 #12
The Vote on SOPA was delayed DontTreadOnMe Jan 2012 #3
Right, the House bill, SOPA, was "shelved" until "consensus" is reached, but not PIPA salvorhardin Jan 2012 #9
Is Google going to do this all day? joshcryer Jan 2012 #4
Tens of millions at least. TheWraith Jan 2012 #7
No Facebook? Drale Jan 2012 #5
Pay attention? nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #17
This is great Remember Me Jan 2012 #8
I use Google at work a great deal to help people find addresses for radiology procedures. alphafemale Jan 2012 #13
I like it though. "This is what the Internet will look like." alphafemale Jan 2012 #14
No eBay. No Paypal. Ye gods. aquart Jan 2012 #10
I'm really surprised Slashdot isn't joining the protest salvorhardin Jan 2012 #11
Well I am taking Wednesday off nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #15
Good! Think I will also. tsuki Jan 2012 #25
Excellent. woo me with science Jan 2012 #16
Excellent!!! RKP5637 Jan 2012 #18
NOT RELIABLE nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #19
Only FB news that I read said they are holding a press conf that day rainbow4321 Jan 2012 #20
Which "them" are you referring to? salvorhardin Jan 2012 #23
Per news reports, Facebook will be holding a news conf that day rainbow4321 Jan 2012 #29
No, after running it down some more I don't think they're going to do it salvorhardin Jan 2012 #30
I just might go fishing tomorrow. Little Tich Jan 2012 #21
woot ellisonz Jan 2012 #22
Thanks for the tip. I added the WP plugin to my site HillWilliam Jan 2012 #24
I cross-posted to FB and it's going wild. HillWilliam Jan 2012 #26
DU? NorthCarolina Jan 2012 #27
That means I'm not going to be able to get my email meow2u3 Jan 2012 #28

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
2. All day Wednesday?
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:54 PM
Jan 2012

Does that mean that people who have email accounts on google or yahoo won't be able to access their mail?

salvorhardin

(9,995 posts)
6. I don't think they'd do that
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:06 AM
Jan 2012

Just the search engine front end, I think. Similarly, PayPal's website might go dark, but it would still continue processing and receiving payments on the backend.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
12. I hope not ...
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:51 AM
Jan 2012

Loosing search capacity is bad enough for me. Half my job is fact-checking. I'll have to find a different search engine for the day, or, I dunno: go play hookey.

 

DontTreadOnMe

(2,442 posts)
3. The Vote on SOPA was delayed
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:55 PM
Jan 2012

they don't have enough votes, so they are holding up the bill.

Doesn't fare well that it will ever come back up for s vote, but don't count it out yet, there is ANOTHER "IP Protection" Bill in the works.

Controversial online piracy bill shelved until 'consensus' is found
By Brendan Sasso - 01/14/12 09:41 AM ET

House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is consensus on the bill.

"While I remain concerned about Senate action on the Protect IP Act, I am confident that flawed legislation will not be taken up by this House," Issa said in a statement. "Majority Leader Cantor has assured me that we will continue to work to address outstanding concerns and work to build consensus prior to any anti-piracy legislation coming before the House for a vote."

The announcement comes just hours after Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), SOPA's sponsor, made a major concession to the bill's critics by agreeing to drop a controversial provision that would have required Internet service providers to block infringing websites.

SOPA is designed to go after foreign websites that offer illegal copies of music, movies and TV shows with impunity. Even without the provision allowing sites to be blocked, the bill would empower the Justice Department and copyright holders to demand that search engines delete links to sites “dedicated” to copyright infringement. Ad networks and payment processors would be prohibited from doing business with the sites.

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204167-sopa-shelved-until-consensus-is-found

salvorhardin

(9,995 posts)
9. Right, the House bill, SOPA, was "shelved" until "consensus" is reached, but not PIPA
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:34 AM
Jan 2012

PIPA is the Senate bill and Reid says he's moving forward with it.

Harry Reid Says He's Concerned PIPA Will Break The Internet, But We Must Move Forward With It, Because Of 'Jobs'

In a short appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday, Senate leader Harry Reid continued to insist that the Senate intended to move forward with PIPA, despite the widespread concerns, despite the White House's statement against the bill, and despite multiple Senators -- including bill co-sponsors -- asking him to hold off putting the bill to a vote.

What's stunning is how misleading Senator Reid is being here. First, he claims that the bill is about "jobs," despite a total lack of evidence that that's true. In fact, as has been noted plenty of times here, the part of the economy that is creating jobs -- the startup/tech sector -- is the one who gets burdened by this bill. David Gregory then responds by pointing out that people keep pointing out to him online that this bill isn't really about jobs, and will harm the internet. Reid then tries to pretend that this is a new revelation. He notes that it was "reported out of the committee unanimously" back in May. That's true, but that was back before most people understood the bill, or the internet had spoken out. Even then, many of us were quite clear in speaking out about why this bill was a problem. But Harry Reid pretends that it's "just in the last few weeks" that anyone has raised concerns." That's flat out ridiculous.

Next he claims that he's working with Senator Feinstein on this, since she's "in the middle" of the issue, representing both Northern and Southern California, where the issue is loudest. This would be the same Senator Feinstein who is so tone deaf to what's happening in her own state, that just weeks ago she insisted that she didn't know the tech industry was upset about the bill.
More: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120116/02442717414/harry-reid-says-hes-concerned-pipa-will-break-internet-we-must-move-forward-with-it-because-jobs.shtml

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
7. Tens of millions at least.
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:09 AM
Jan 2012

Assuming that they're also shutting down Google AdSense and so forth.

Google makes in excess of $100 million per day in revenue total, although not everything would be shutting down.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
13. I use Google at work a great deal to help people find addresses for radiology procedures.
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:53 AM
Jan 2012

And all sorts of things.

I guess I'll have to explain.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
14. I like it though. "This is what the Internet will look like."
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:56 AM
Jan 2012

I wonder is it just going to be a 404 day?

I twill be better if there's a page explaining what's going on and call your congress critter and all

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
19. NOT RELIABLE
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:26 AM
Jan 2012
Wikipedia has decided to black out the English version of the online encyclopedia for 24 hours on Wednesday to protest against controversial legislation in the U.S., following a cue given by some other Internet sites including social news site Reddit which will black out its site for 12 hours on the same day.


Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo however said in a message on Twitter that "Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish". He later clarified that he was talking about Twitter and not about Wikipedia's decision.

Wikimedia Foundation said on Monday that the Wikipedia community had chosen to black out its English version to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate.

"If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States," Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, said in a statement on its website.


http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248265/wikipedia_to_go_dark_in_sopa_protest_twitter_declines.html

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
20. Only FB news that I read said they are holding a press conf that day
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 04:08 AM
Jan 2012

Nothing about them joining the blackout...has anyone read otherwise ?

salvorhardin

(9,995 posts)
23. Which "them" are you referring to?
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 08:26 AM
Jan 2012

Wikipedia? Yes, they are joining the blackout. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout

It's their English language site only, but that's their largest, most heavily trafficked site, and will have the most effect in the United States.

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
29. Per news reports, Facebook will be holding a news conf that day
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:49 PM
Jan 2012

But nothing I have read has said that FB will be joining the blackout

salvorhardin

(9,995 posts)
30. No, after running it down some more I don't think they're going to do it
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:58 PM
Jan 2012

That's one of the reasons I put up this list -- to try to determine exactly which sites have committed.

HillWilliam

(3,310 posts)
24. Thanks for the tip. I added the WP plugin to my site
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 09:14 AM
Jan 2012

just now. Even though my site is a tiny backwater, every participant counts.

HillWilliam

(3,310 posts)
26. I cross-posted to FB and it's going wild.
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 10:14 AM
Jan 2012

Edit for dup: I'm x-posting everywhere I can reach.

Thanks for the links.

meow2u3

(24,743 posts)
28. That means I'm not going to be able to get my email
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 11:10 AM
Jan 2012

One problem: I use Gmail for work and won't be able to get important messages. It's going to be difficult to get my job done.

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