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Old 01-18-2012, 12:47 AM
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To be honest, I was a bit surprised that they actually went through with it. But it's official: Wikipedia is down.

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Old 01-18-2012, 12:52 AM
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Google has given the movement a hat-tip as well, in the form of a doodle:

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(Redirects here: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ )
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Old 01-18-2012, 12:57 AM
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Reddit's also involved in the blackout.

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000067904 video interview.

It's interesting to see the RIAA and even Rupert Murdoch's comments on this. Best quote from it..

"Why is it that when Republicans and Democrats need to solve the budget and the deficit, there's deadlock, but when Hollywood lobbyists pay them $94 million dollars to write legislation, people from both sides of the aisle line up to co-sponsor it?"
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I wish facebook had done SOMETHING. Even just a 5-second wait before you can go anywhere would be something. Click a profile, see a SOPA message for 5-seconds before it goes there.
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Old 01-18-2012, 11:36 AM
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I'm kind of disappointed at the lack of other websites joining in. I mean for it to make a difference I think a LOT of sites needed to black out.
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Old 01-18-2012, 11:42 AM
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I wish Facebook was down, people would KNOW then.
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Old 01-18-2012, 12:07 PM
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If facebook OR google had participated, even partially, in the blackout, it would have made huge waves. Instead, google posted a logo, and facebook ignored it. I still think a 5-second wait with a message for clicking something would have been enough for those two sites.
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Old 01-18-2012, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
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As an admin, you should send out a sight wide PM with a link to SOPAstrike.com/strike/ so they can write there congressmen.

http://sopastrike.com/strike/
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Old 01-18-2012, 02:03 PM
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http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/01/18...-internet-law/

Rubio Withdraws Support For Controversial Internet Law
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Old 01-18-2012, 03:59 PM
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Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ive/Learn_more

and Google
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:12 PM
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Me no impress. You can still go on wiki, just cancel the loading before it redirects. It's pretty obvious they did it this way so people could still use it.
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I've just been using google cached versions of wiki stuff I look up when bored.
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this site did nothing to raise sopa/pipa awareness?
disappointed i am
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Originally Posted by jared8783
this site did nothing to raise sopa/pipa awareness?
disappointed i am
Dude, it's owned by a Canadian.
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Originally Posted by blaen99
Dude, it's owned by a Canadian.

yeah i forgot bout that

but anyways
this legislation would clearly have worldwide effects
youtube for starters

that and the advertisement cut off for foreign sites
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Old 01-18-2012, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
I need to report this to a mod or admin. It displays a mixed animal sex act and would likely be viewed as not meeting google and therefore Miataturbo.net standards. It should be removed from this website immediately.

Just trying to do my part to keep MT PG13.
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Originally Posted by Stein
Just trying to do my part to keep MT PG13 PG.
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Originally Posted by gearhead_318
Just trying to do my part to keep MT PG13 PG G.
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