The Hit Farm

The Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) have caused considerable controversy among internet users and businesses since the plans were proposed in October last year. Wednesday's co-ordinated action was intended to The widespread Internet blackout Wednesday seems to have influenced members of Congress, who have since withdrawn their support for [...]

The English-language version of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, will be shut down for 24 hours in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, now working their way through That's because the popular crowd-sourced online encyclopedia is participating in an "Internet blackout" in protest of two controversial anti-piracy bills: [...]

If you go to Reddit or Wikipedia tomorrow, be forewarned. The two websites, along with 7000 others such as Mozilla and WordPress, will be blacked out in protest of two bills aimed at cracking down on foreign websites that Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who sponsored PIPA, said he will consider a manager's amendment to remove the [...]

As part of a sustained effort against (the recently-shelved) SOPA and (still-threatening) PIPA bills before Congress and the Senate, respectively, Wikipedia has. As part of a sustained effort against (the recently-shelved) SOPA and (still-threatening) PIPA bills before Congress and the Senate, respectively, Wikipedia has. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) Industry leaders from the Motion Picture Association of [...]