Wikipedia goes dark tomorrow (1-18-12)

Wikipedia is “going dark” on Wednesday, January 18th to protest upcoming U.S. legislation on internet piracy and intellectual property. You will not be able to access any content.

In late 2011, the United States Congress proposed two legislative bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), which legal scholars and others have advised have the potential to significantly change the way that information can be shared through the Internet. It is the opinion of the English Wikipedia community that both of these bills, if passed, would be devastating to the free and open web. Source

• Full text of Senate Bill 968: PREVENTING REAL ONLINE THREATS TO ECONOMIC CREATIVITY AND THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACT OF 2011 (PIPA) from gpo.gov
• Full text of House Bill 3261: TO PROMOTE PROSPERITY, CREATIVITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND INNOVATION BY COMBATING THE THEFT OF U.S. PROPERTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (SOPA) from gpo.gov