Wikipedia Blackout: Donate $1

[Ginto8]

Everyone here should know about SOPA and PROTECT IP (if not, google it and you'll find plenty, and none of it good); but we only know about it because we keep up with tech news. The majority of people do not even know they exist. Major news outlets have either said jack shit about them, or barely mentioned them in passing. So if we want to get the word out, we have to do something radical - we have to black out the internet. Currently reddit and the Cheezburger network have agreed to a 12 hour strike on Jan. 18, 8 am E.T., and there are rumors of Google, Twitter, and Facebook considering it. But I think that one site will be the tipping point: Wikipedia, the site even Bing users go to. If Wikipedia goes through with it, I have no doubt that other sites will too. Its founder supports blacking out, but will defer to its community. So, to make it easier (and even beneficial) for Wikipedia to go through with this, please pledge to donate $1 at http://www.wikipediablackout.com/. No one really wants these bills to pass, but unless people realize what they are and what they will do, they will not act. Let's go for the gold here, and give this issue the publicity it deserves.

[ismetteren]

Done.

[dandymcgee]

Done.

and there are rumors of Google, Twitter, and Facebook considering it

That would be absolutely astonishing.

[hurstshifter]

/signed

[Ginto8]

Gentlemen, it is official.

On January 18th, shit gets real and word gets out.

[dandymcgee]

This is one dollar I will never regret spending.

[Ginto8]

If you'd like to add this forum to the protest, http://sopastrike.com/#how-to-strike gives a good description of what needs to happen.

EDIT: there's a list of companies protesting at http://sopastrike.com/. Google won't be blacking out, but will be putting a link on its homepage. minecraft.net is listed, but I can't find anything by notch about actually changing the site in protest.

[superLED]

minecraft.net

If Minecraft.net is going down, folks won't be able to download such as the server, the game itself, and buy the game.
It will mostly be shitty for buyers, and also for those who have already paid for the game, that wanna get the server to play with friends, or someone needing to re-download the game.

It will show people that he doesn't support the bills, but it may harm many innocent people that have spent money to get the content that is on the site.

[Ginto8]

minecraft.net

If Minecraft.net is going down, folks won't be able to download such as the server, the game itself, and buy the game.
It will mostly be shitty for buyers, and also for those who have already paid for the game, that wanna get the server to play with friends, or someone needing to re-download the game.

It will show people that he doesn't support the bills, but it may harm many innocent people that have spent money to get the content that is on the site.

It seems unlikely to me that he'll take the whole server down; he'll more likely make a (possibly big) note in the update feed on the launcher and will provide a prominent banner on the main site. Regardless it would only be for a day, and the same "harm" happens in any strike: when teachers go on strike, children do not get the education that their parents have paid for them to get. Sometimes, a message is worth a little harm.

[dandymcgee]

minecraft.net

If Minecraft.net is going down, folks won't be able to download such as the server, the game itself, and buy the game.
It will mostly be shitty for buyers, and also for those who have already paid for the game, that wanna get the server to play with friends, or someone needing to re-download the game.

It will show people that he doesn't support the bills, but it may harm many innocent people that have spent money to get the content that is on the site.

If this bill passes there may not be a minecraft anymore. Think of the alternatives.

[superLED]

Okay, minecraft.net went black (well, actually red) today.

[LeonBlade]

Okay, minecraft.net went black (well, actually red) today.

Minecraft went red? Life is over. I'll go kill myself now.