SOPA: Wikipedia Going Down On Wednesday, January 18

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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  Stop Online Piracy Act, I knew it a week before and was totally shocked! What's an internet without a challenge and piracy! 😔 But in one point of view, the Govt. has taken steps to reduce piracy this way, but how?
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  Dancer_Engineer

  I know SOPA and PIPA. I see it everywhere these days; the television, the newspaper, on G+ and on CE ofcourse 😉
  
  Wikipedia going down for 1 day for an issue and then it will back to business the next day. I wonder will this step bring any fruitful changes? (I don't see that.) Is yes, how?
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  @dancer_engineer: They're hoping to create more awareness about SOPA that way. If Wikipedia goes down for a day, it's going to send ripple all over the world. 25 million isn't a small number!
  
  @praveen-kumar: They're going to order the ISPs to alter the DNS, Ask Google to stop indexing websites that host pirated content and even prevent such sites from displaying Google advertisements.
  
  By the way SOPA mostly applies to 'foreign' websites - that is, the websites outside USA.
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  The_Big_K

  @dancer_engineer: They're hoping to create more awareness about SOPA that way. If Wikipedia goes down for a day, it's going to send ripple all over the world. 25 million isn't a small number!
  
  @praveen-kumar: They're going to order the ISPs to alter the DNS, Ask Google to stop indexing websites that host pirated content and even prevent such sites from displaying Google advertisements.
  
  By the way SOPA mostly applies to 'foreign' websites - that is, the websites outside USA.

  Sweden would be most affected... And I don't think this can be automated. Coz, it anyhow exists... It has to be manually screened down in order to make it... Anyone can start a website by paying as little as 2000 and host a forum or blog with links to illegal content... I don't think this step would work out! 😀