Protest over Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

By | January 17, 2012

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WEDNESDAY 18TH JANUARY 2012

On Wednesday 18th January 2012, Wikipedia and several other websites plan to take down their English websites in protest over Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation currently being considered by the U.S government.

This may impact on the availability of some online resources.

According to the articles on Wikipedia and BBC they will be taken down from 5am GMT tomorrow for 24 hours.

For more information see the following:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16590585

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout