Wikipedia to go offline to protest anti-piracy legislation

Category: Business

Publish Date: 01-17-2012 12:00 AM -0800

Websites such as Wikipedia plan a one-day blackout over SOPA and PIPA, which they say could lead to censorship. The bills' advocates say misinformation is inflaming passions without solving piracy.

Most people probably haven't paid much attention to the huge corporations waging war in Washington over legislation designed to crack down on online theft of movies, music and other content. But the conflict will hit consumers in the face Wednesday, when Wikipedia and a number of other websites intend to go dark to protest the proposed changes.

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