January 18th is the day that the internet sends a message of opposition against SOPA and its lesser known brethren PIPA by blacking out websites in protest...
Inspired by Reddit, who confirmed last week that the site would 'go dark' on Wednesday to highlight the concerns and opposition to SOPA, a whole host of websites have now agreed to follow suit...
As well as a myriad of small sites, sites such as tucows, boing boing and the cheezburger network are joining in and - whisper it - but even Minecraft is going dark for a day in protest.
And, with the day drawing nearer, more and more companies are choosing to join the black out to voice their opposition to the bill - with speculation mounting that wikipedia could soon join...
Now we just need the likes of Google and Facebook to back up their vocal opposition to the bill with a move that would make everyone notice...
If you want to blackout your website for the day - checkout sopablackout.org for more details.
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