Thursday, January 19, 2012
Internet Strike: 24 Hour SOPA Blackout
Posted in Gadgetepoint Press Releases at 11:13 am
At first there was Wikipedia who decided to stand up against the US Congress by blacking out for one day to oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act. It seems that Wikipedia is not alone as other websites such as Wordpress, Gizmodo, XKCD, among others decide to show support and stand against the bill.
(Clockwise: Wordpress, XKCD, Gizmodo, The Oatmeal)
Wired
These are just some of the biggest names on the new media industry who are throwing their support against SOPA.
It seems that the Internet is bent on opposing the bill, what with the many websites and ways to oppose the cause.
Here is a list of some of the websites who are rallying against SOPA and PIPA.
- Wikipedia
- Mozilla
- WordPress
- Tumblr
- Vimeo
- Flickr
- 4chan
- Wired
- U.S Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
- U.S Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA)
- icanhazcheezburger network sites
- theDailyWhat
- FailBlog
- Craigslist
- Open Congress / PPF
- Internet Archive
- Miro
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Digital Public Library of America
- Universal Subtitles
- Center for Technology and Democracy
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- G1NBC
- Politics1.com
- O’Reilly Media
- National Venture Capitol Association
- Namecheap
- TwitPic
- theCHIVE
- theBERRY
- Red 5 studios
- A Softer World
- PostSecret
- Greenpeace International
- The LeakyWiki
- Game Politics
- Imgur
- Monticello Capitol
- Crypto Cat
- Colossal Mind
- TweetFail
- Errata Security
- FreakOutNation
- SlashTHREE
- Focus On the Facts
- City News
- Strategy Tune
- Progressive Congress News
- bitBucker
- WPS Security Lock
- openSUSE
- Smirking Chimp
- Bread Without Bullets
- iSchool at Syracuse University
- nomacs Image Lounge
- ComputerHope
- PhantomTS
- News2Map.com
- Free Internet Press
- youn00b.com
- Pop Culture Madness
- Celebrity Magnet
- The Linux Geeks
- SDX-Developers
- Occupy Birmingham (UK)
- Turkreno
- The Tao of Pooh
- Photography 101
- Elder Scrolls Wikia
- CPA Infinity
- Rockkit Records
- team-CTC
- Ron Bercume Design
- Jazz Sequence
- Motorcycle Street and Strip Magazine
- The Vampire’s Lair
- Geek Girl World
Read more about Wikipedia and a short briefer on SOPA, here.
