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Wikipedia To Go Dark In Protest Against SOPA

January 16, 2012 by Michele Neylon

Blacknight Says No to SOPA
Image by blacknight via Flickr

Obviously I’m not the only person who is more than a little cynical about SOPA, or the retraction / shelving, cal it what you will of the legislation.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has made it clear that he’s not considering SOPA “dead” until the proverbial fat lady sings.

More coverage on Financial Times

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Filed Under: news, policy Tagged With: Anti-piracy, Jimmy Wales, Reddit, SOPA, Twitter, United States Congress, Wikipedia

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade.
He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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