Re: [Wikizh-l] 答复: Fwd: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA

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> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> > Date: 2012/1/17 > Subject: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to

> dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA > To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > Please also see the related blog post, >

> > The release is posted here: >

> > *English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA > * > San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an > unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout

> English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed > legislation in the United States �D the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

> U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S.

> passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring > about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the

> States. > > Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon

> a public statement ( >

> ): > > Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined > together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to

> against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of

> a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the

> of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The > overwhelming majority of participants support community action to

> greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals > considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a "blackout" of

> English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites > opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support. > > ��Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their

> to this destructive legislation," said Jimmy Wales, founder of

> "This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while

> regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for

> a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger

> speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening > precedent of Internet censorship for the world." > > We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the > United States, find your elected representative in Washington ( > https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States, > contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar > branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the > internet to remain open and free. > > *About the Wikimedia Foundation > *http://wikimediafoundation.org > http://blog.wikimedia.org > > The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates > Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, > Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation > receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them

> fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). > Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million > articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than

> people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation

> audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations

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