A number of United States lawmakers have dropped their support for the anti-piracy legislation as Wikipedia, Google Inc., and other tech companies protested the measures. Wikipedia, the world’s sixth most-visited website, has blacked out its English website in protest to the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), which is currently passing through the Senate,...
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The English-language site of Wikipedia will be going offline for 24 hours to show protest against two American anti-piracy laws, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) and Stop ONline Piracy Act (SOPA). The temporary closure is one of the most highly commented discussions on the site, where 591 users supported a global blackout, while 479 supported a U.S. only blackout. Aside from...