Proposed anti-piracy laws in the United States (U.S.) recently drawn protests from many online sites. Wikipedia, Google and Craigslist is a site that joined forces to protest about the proposed legislation.
Wikipedia, online encyclopedia is a voluntary freeze its website for 24 hours starting yesterday. Google also joined to protest two proposed legislation, the Stop Online Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Properst Act (PIPA).
Search engines also could discolor the logo for the U.S. version of the website, and add a link at the bottom that reads 'please do not cencor the web'. Until now those links are still listed in the search engines.
Through this blogspot, David Drummond, Google's legal director said the reason why the search giant is supporting the protest. "We think there is a good way forward, which does not cause collateral kesusakan on the web," he said, as reported by telegraph, Thursday (19/01/2012).
In addition to Wikipedia and Google, Craigslist online classified advertising service that is also popular protest. Meanwhile, other sites including Reddit, WordPress, Flickr, Twitpic and hundreds of people have also agreed to support a day of protests.
Wikipedia, online encyclopedia is a voluntary freeze its website for 24 hours starting yesterday. Google also joined to protest two proposed legislation, the Stop Online Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Properst Act (PIPA).
Search engines also could discolor the logo for the U.S. version of the website, and add a link at the bottom that reads 'please do not cencor the web'. Until now those links are still listed in the search engines.
Through this blogspot, David Drummond, Google's legal director said the reason why the search giant is supporting the protest. "We think there is a good way forward, which does not cause collateral kesusakan on the web," he said, as reported by telegraph, Thursday (19/01/2012).
In addition to Wikipedia and Google, Craigslist online classified advertising service that is also popular protest. Meanwhile, other sites including Reddit, WordPress, Flickr, Twitpic and hundreds of people have also agreed to support a day of protests.




