SOPA: The Day The Internet Stood Still [INFOGRAPHIC]
On Jan. 18th, Millions of internet users and content creators rose against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act [SOPA]. Large sites like Wikipedia and Reddit, joined the protest by blacking out the entire site as it would be if SOPA had passed. Other sites like Google, blacked out their logos while blog networks like the Cheezburger network and developer forums like xda-developers were out for the entire day. This infographic takes a look at the statistics behind January 18th’s... Read More
Lamar Chris Withdraws Bill: RIP SOPA
Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act, has announced that he is pulling the bill until there’s a wider agreement on the solution. In a recently released statement, he said: “We need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products. “The problem of online piracy is too big to ignore. American intellectual property industries provide 19 million high-paying jobs and... Read More
Hitler Reacts To SOPA[VIDEO]
For a lot of us in the internet industry, we’re pissed about SOPA. Really Really Pissed. On a lighter note, Here’s Hitler’s Reaction to SOPA. Footage from The Downfall (2004), Copyright © 2004 Constantin Film AG, portions published under Fair Use, Title 17, U.S.C., Section 107. “Don’t cry, Disney has the right to that emotion” BinjoBinjo is passionate about(some say he's obsessed with) technology and the web. . In his spare time, Binjo runs... Read More
Wikipedia Is Dark: Here Are 11 Alternatives
Wikipedia announced a few days ago that it’ll be going dark and blacking out to protest against SOPA/PIPA. Wikipedia has kept its word and the image below is what Wikipedia looks like right now. So we’ve gone around the web to bring you 11 alternatives to Wikipedia 1. CIA World FactBook The CIA’s world factbook contains statistics on every country in the world based on information obtained by the CIA. 2. Wikia Wikia is also community edited like Wikipedia itself... Read More
Wikipedia To Protest SOPA/PIPA By Shutting Down On January 18
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales tweeted earlier today that Wikipedia will protest the US Stop Online Piracy Act about to be passed by going dark. On Wednesday January 18, Wikipedia visitors will be greeted with a message explaining SOPA and its protest against the bill. Wikipedia joins a host of websites going dark on Wednesday. The list includes Reddit, Minecraft, XDA-developers, Tucows and all Cheezburger sites. Check out the list on Reddit. Other websites like Scribd have taken... Read More
GoDaddy Backs Down; Withdraws Support for SOPA
The world’s biggest domain Registrar, GoDaddy, have, today reversed their stance on the SOPA bill which is going through the process of being passed by the United States Congress. GoDaddy had previously (read: Yesterday) announced and even defended their support of the so-called internet censorship bill. This support came with serious ramifications for the company as there was a massive outcry from the internet community which included major customers moving and threatening... Read More
Stop Online Piracy Act: What Is It Anyway? [INFOGRAPHIC]
As you may or may not already now, some members of Congress want to pass a bill that will change the way we use the internet in the US. The bill is being considered by the US House of Representatives. If the bill passes, the American government would be able to censor what we circulate around on sites like Facebook, Google, Twitter, eBay, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Yahoo, AOL etc. We’ve provided an infographic created by an activist group that opposes the bill. They pretty much... Read More
