Wikipedia 24 Hour Blackout to Protest SOPA and PIPA
Wikipedia 24 Hour Blackout to Protest SOPA and PIPA
Wikipedia will be down, blacked-out for 24 hours starting at 0500 UTC on Wednesday, January 18th.
Yes, we can all live without Wiki for one day. The problem is MUCH bigger than that.
Wikipedia is protesting SOPA and PIPA: pending US legislation that is anit-Piracy, but also anti- Freedom of Speech. Learn more:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout
What for instance, would/will SOPA and/or PIPA do to Tanga? Will we still be able to use pictures of famous people, Brand names, logos, album covers, or even quotes in making our puzzles??
It may sound like a stretch that Tanga, or other free-content sites could be censored from using images, quotes, etc… but if Wiki is looking at the possibility i.e. of not be allowed to have a multi-user-created page on Stephen King novels (Copyright!) or the history of Coca-Cola (Trademark!), then it likely won’t stop there.