Wikipedia Blackout "Broad Global Message" About SOPA / PIPA Says Peril Wales

Wikipedia Blackout "Broad Global Message" About SOPA / PIPA Says Peril Wales:Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales defended his decision to the online encyclopedia on the global stage blackout in protest at sopa and PIPA this week, saying, "U.S. law as it affects the Internet can affect everyone." Wales hopes dimming - which will see the English-language version of Wikipedia is replaced by an open letter to encourage U.S. citizens to contact their representatives and voice their concerns with the Law Stop Internet piracy and intellectual property law - tell even those outside the U.S. to connect with friends and family living there, and encourage them to speak on the proposed bill, he told the Telegraph as "a broad global message" about censorship.

"What concerns me is that I hope that people outside the U.S. who have friends or family who are voters in the U.S., will ask them to call your senator or representative," Wales explained, "and I hope we send a broad global message that the Internet as a whole will not tolerate censorship in response to a simple statement of copyright infringement. "

Alternative, the founder of Wikipedia says, will be able only to the removal of site visitors from the United States. This led to a secret ballot on how wide the complaint must be: in the end, 591 of the Wikipedia community of those surveyed said they favor a global blackout against the 479 call, so it was only for the United States. "Although there was a solid majority, no majority, that we have for the whole concept of" Wales admits. "It seems to have been something tough choice for many people."

Zopa is, quite recently, apparently has been postponed after the Obama administration has expressed concern that the proposed law might be too dangerous in terms of challenging the basic openness of the Internet. This is a position that earned rebukes from U.S. President News Corporation "with Rupert Murdoch, who described Obama as having" thrown in their lot with the treasurers of Silicon Valley, "while Google seems to be" piracy leader. "

If you are in a panic thinking that, without the Wikipedia for 24 hours, there is still hope. You can download the standalone version of the database here, if you have enough free disk space and bandwidth.