to have to wait unttl tomorrrw.
as tommy andres reports... the
website and several others
have gone black to protest two
anti-piracy bills.
bills.
--reporter pkg-as follows --
for the rest of the day,
wikipedia will look like this.
the online encyclopedia went
black to protest anti-piracy
legislation that is up for
debate in congress.two bills
known as sopa and pipa target
overseas sites -- like the
pirate bay -- that allow users
to share illegal downloads of
movies, music and other
digital content."these rogue
sites are hurting american
jobss stealing american jobs.
they're harming american
consumers and they have no
business being on the
internet."the bills try to cut
off access to the overseas
sites....by requiring u-s
search eegines and other
providers to withhold their
services."in the worst
versions of the bill,
wikipedia would be defined as
a search engine and we would
not be able to even link to
something like the pirate bay
even in our encyclopedic
description of what...