boing-boing have all gone dark, which means internet users, that blue screen of death you were looking at this morning, that's the sky. [laughter] if you're still confused, look it up on wikipedia tomorrow. these sites are gone dark today to protest the stop online piracy act and the protect intellectual property act or sopa and pipa, two bills which could change the internet forever. >> it's a proposed bill that aims to crack down on copyright infringement, but sopa would also restrict access to entire web sites that host even one piece of content obtained without permission. >> don't worry, tmz is safe. they are free of content. now, taking wikipedia down may be a flashy protest, but it hasn't affected me in the least because i'm something of an encyclopedia originalist. a couple times a month i have wikipedia printed out and bound. this is volume 5,470, star trek yeoman rangd through yeoman smith, b. folks, while i am no fan of internet censorship, we must put an end to all of this copyright infringement. con tetd providers like me are getting robbed by people posting pirate bootleg videos like this. [laughter] i was not paid for any of that footage. as far as i'm concerned, that dog should get the chair, or possibly the couch. i will not stand for these sites going on strike. i say the internet has too much control over what's on the web. that ends tonight. i can provide anything that the internet gives you. for instance, you miss read it today. no problem. got that covered. here is a picture of a cat playing xbox against richard dawkins wearing yoda ears. karma points, please. and for those who like boingng, no problem. here is the new domino's stuffed cheesy bread commercial set to the imperial march from star wars. [imperial march playing] >> i find your lack of cheese disturbing. [applause] >> stephen: finally, for ipad users, i have something for you, too. [laughter and applause] we'll be right back. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight says that romney is the hope of the republican party. that's funny, because he's also the hope of the obama campaign. please welcome david frum. [cheering and applause] thank you very much. hey mr. frum. david, good to see you again. thanks for coming back. >> thank you. >> stephen: all right, all right. you are no stranger to this show. you know i'm going to bring it hot and hard, and you know i got some problems with the things you're saying right now. >> i'm ready for it. >> stephen: back in november you wrote a little article for "new york" magazine that said, "when did the g.o.p. lose touch with reality." >> yes. >> stephen: ok

reporter: wick media, red, it boing boing, gone dark for the day -- wick media, red it, boing boing,one dark for the day, a protest against what the tech industry calls censorship. >> we do believe copyrighted material should be protected from piracy, these two pieces of legislation are far too overreaching. reporter: the two bills dopped sopa stop online piracy act and the pipa aimed at downloading streams of copyrighted movies and tv shows, the primary targets sites overseas. the legislation had been expected to move quickly, but republican leaders said wednesday there's still much to be discussed. >> pretty clear to many of us that there's a lack of consensus at this point. reporter: tech leaders argue sites would be exposed to too many lawsuits potentially discouraging innovation. >> you are creating a scenario that is merely untenable for large sites, but totally untenable for the next facebook. reporter: supporters say it's crucial to protect copyright material and with it american jobs. >> but the point is at a time like this when jobs, jobs, jobs, that's all we're hearing abo

and i think our readers will understand why we're doing it. >> rob beschizza, managing editor of boing boing us this morning. >>> it's 44 minutes past 5:00 on the east coast. time to get you up to date on the top stories of the morning. >>> the rescue operation on board the capsized cruise ship in italy on hold again this morning. concerns because that ship once again is moving in the ocean. the ship's captain at this point is under house arrest after being released from jail late yesterday. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney revealing he pays about a 15% income tax rate. so far he is still resisting to release his tax returns. romney says his annual income is overwhelmingly from investments, which is taxed at that rate. >>> and leaders of the occupy wall street movement are approving a partial spending freeze on their movement after their website showed the group spent almost $2,500 on tea leaves and herbs and another $3,000 on, quote, supplies for puppets for halloween. now there could be puppets for protest purposes. i've seen those before. that may not be such a bad thing,

other websites are joining wikipedia in protest, including blog boing boing.gle put a black bar over its logo in solidarity with the cause."if you think of facebook, if you think of twitter, if you think of google and ebay, etc -- people put things, users on to company sites and companies can't control that, well they could, by censorship and the white house admits online piracy is a problem but has come out firmly against the biils -- saying they limit freedom of expression.i'm tommy andres reporting. the websites who are participating in the blackout protest will only be down for today. obesity levels in the u-s haven't gotten any worse... or better.according to new research... it's leveled off.the numbers show about one in every three adults in the u-s and almost one in every five children and &pteens are obese. african-americans and mexican- americans had higher rates of obesity than white americans. forget the drive-thru... get fast food right to your door. burger king is testing home delivery at a fee ressaurants in the washington d-c area. if it goes we

boing boing. they're proposing legislation in the u.s. that would block access to sites containing copyrighted material. media organization supporting the bills says piracy costs them billions of dollars. but wikipedia's co-founder says free speech is at risk. >> at issue is this law is very badly written, very broad, overreaching, and would -- at least the senate version, it includes an emf blocking regime similar to the one used by china. >> those bills have created something of a storm of debate online about what impact they would have on the future of the internet. maggie lake takes a look at who's weighing into the row now. >> reporter: it's a black and ominous morning that reads like a movie trailer. on wednesday, january 18th, the site wikipedia, along with boing boing, and the cheezburger network of comedy sites all plan to go dark. dual bills known as sopa and pipa, known as stop online privacy act and protect ip act, stop sites which allows users to share downloads of movies and other digital content. since it's hard for u.s. companies to actually shut down foreign sites, the new law is aimed to cut off access by requiring u.s. search engines, advertising networks, and other providers to withhold their services. the technology industry agrees piracy is a problem, but says these measures go too far. >> you don't want these companies to be absolutely liable for everything somebody may post on their site. if you think of facebook, if you think of twitter, if you think of google and ebay, et cetera, people put things, users put things onto company sites. companies can't control that. well, they could by censorship, and that's what we want to avoid. >> reporter: media companies, including cnn's parent time warner, support the legislation. and th

online revolt against sopa has grown to include some 7,000 websites, including the tech site wired, boing boing and mozilla, maker of the popular browser firefox. google blacked out its own familiar home page adding the message "tell congress please don't censor the web." many in congress took note. here's nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: democrats and republicans have been bombarded with calls and e-mails and many are backing off. >> reporter: ask any group of college kids and they'll tell you. >> a lot of people think why pay for it. >> if the price is too outrageous it will probably get pirated. >> reporter: it didn't take long to discover hitting escape reopens the wikipedia site. these days information travels fast. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> up next here tonight the new list of best and worst airports and an american legend taking on a new challenge. >>> the folks at the frohmer's travel guide are out with the list of not their best beach or travel destinations but this time the best and worst airport terminals in the world. the most beautiful according to them, jeddah in sa

the classified listing site craigslist is shut down today along with the technology blog boing boing and the social news website red. google is still up and running but the site blacked out the logo with a mess angaage to con that reads, quote, please don't censor the web. >>> jerry yang will leave the company he created during the '90s dotcom bubble. it comes days after microsoft's bing overtook yahoo! as the second most popular search engine on the web. both still trailing google. let's look at the markets as we get all up in your business this morning. jeff cutmore is live in london. good morning. >> good morning to you. that is a great story, isn't it? many people are asking what is yahoo!'s reason for existing now when you've got google and facebook, as strong as they both are, in this web space. jerry yang goes with people thinking back to the time when he was ceo previously and microsoft slapped a $45 billion offer for the business on the table. he took a lot of criticism at the time for that. second time around, of course, people are saying he has not got the magic formula fo

wikipedia joins read it and boing boing in the shut down. >>> big named websites like dole and facebook oppose the bills but they're not going off-line. this led internet users to a debate if a blackout is the right way to protest. the columnist points out if a neutral organization like wikipedia takes one position on a political i it takes position on all political issues if you're willing to black out internet service to protest a law, but don't black it out to protest, say, violence in libbia, you are taking a bogsei position on both issues. >> that's a story we'll be following for you tomorrow. >> no doubt about it. meteorologist christina loren's here to tell us about a veritable smorgasbord, frost, rain, brutally cold. >> we've been asking for it. times watch what you wish for. a lot of rain coming. i'm forecasting anywhere across the bay area even in the south bay, half an inch to two inches by friday. another storm on the way. so that's a little tease. we'll get to that in a moment. enjoy the clear sky. by t. will remain dry tomorrow but we've got rain showers arriving late tomo

wikipedia, the blog boing boing and the cheese comedy network have shut down in protest to the sopa, antipiracy bill critics say will end the internet as we know it. it aims to crack down on copyright infringement. if sopa passes, they would be able to complain to law enforcement officials and get it shut down. it could lead to americans losing access to thousands of sites across the web. >>> u.s. capital police say last night a smoke bomb was thrown over the fence at the white house as hundreds of occupy protestors massed outside the gates. no one was arrested but people inside the white house had to exit on pennsylvania avenue as the situation was being resolved. this is was taken when the group was demonstrating on the u.s. capitol. they were beating drums in an attempt to have their voices heard by the nation's leaders as they came back from recess. >>> the grand jury formal will i has charged oscar ortega hernandez with attempting to kill the president. police arrested him days after he fired up to a dozen shots at the white house. during a december hearing, a judge ordered him

online sources like the social news web site reddit and the blog boing-boing are also participating in the back south. >>> these - - i n the blackout. >>> we have a report. >> reporter: retails are are getting interactive and going high-tech. does this look like a blast or what? you can compete with a friend to try to make the best pizza possible while getting tips from celebrity chef wolfgang puck. hsn is rolling these out at airports and festivals across the country. can i have a try? this is a little bit angry birds you could say. it is cheese grating and they are pushing a lot of their products that you will then have the opportunity to buy at the end. so here it comes. omes. there it goes. and getting a few points there. very nice. so all this novelty and fun is great but critics wonder if it is actually going to translate into transactions for hsn. but their ceo says it is all about first impressions. >> now, they want to keep that experience going and they may want to see us on tv. they may want to go online. they may want to look at our tablet applications. again, it is up to t

domestic technology companies mainstream technology companies like you to facebook boing boing all kinds of other entities that are really a staple part of the of the internet as we know it today only opposed to this statute and they're not opposed to it just for ideological reasons because they see serious business consequences for it was them let's look at some of these kinds of consequences when i mean look we know a lot of a lot of the backing of these. legislation comes from the content industry particularly the film industry in music but why should the entire internet be changed to cater to their needs or is it because hollywood is being paying politicians on both sides of the aisle these politicians realize they have to they've taken the money now they have to follow through and a few of them actually realized they didn't read the legislation and they've backed away from the last forty eight hours i mean to what degree should the internet be changed for a small number of people here. well the internet should not be. basically dismantled from the way it works because of the fact th

sopa has grown to include some 7,000 websites, including the tech site wired, online magazine, boing boing and mozilla, maker of the popular browser firefox. google blacked out its own familiar home page today, adding the message "tell congress please don't censor the web." many took note today. here's nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: both democrats and republicans have been bombarded with calls and e-mails and many are now backing off. >> reporter: just ask any group of college kids and they'll tell you. >> a lot of people think why pay for it. >> if the price is too outrageous it will probably get pirated. >> reporter: it also didn't take long to discover hitting escape reopens the wikipedia site. these days information travels fast. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> up next here tonight, the new list of best and worst airports, and an american legend taking on a new challenge. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billio

other web sites, including boing boing are joining wikipedia. gogogle set a black bar over its logo. >> if you think of facebook twitter, and ebay, users put things on to company sites and companies cannot control the. they could by censorship. that is what we want to avoid. >> this is craig's list. they are black as well today, asking people to contact their congressmen. the white house admits that piracy is a problem, but they have come out against these bills, saying they limit freedom of expression. >> thanks so much. 6:16 now. the 2012 campaign. the republican presidential candidates are spreading across south carolina in search of votes. many of their tax will be aimed at front runner mitt romney. his net worth is estimated to be at $250 million. he paid less in taxes than most middle-class americans. >> that is the rate i have been paying. it is closer to 15%. my income, from investments made in the past. >> romney says he will not release his tax returns until april, after most of the primaries are complete. >> president obama's reelecti

other website, including going boing boing are joining. >> if you think of facebook twitter and googlea, people put things, users put things on to the sites. and companies cannot control that. they could by censorship. that is what we want to avoid. >> behind us we have what google looks like it. you can still use it to search. the white house insists that piracy is a problem, but has come out firmly against the bill saying that they limit freedom of expression. >> 5:46 now. investigators are searching for clues in a disturbing discovery nearing the hollywood sign. people walking their dog on a trail found a human head in a bag. the head belongs to a man. they do not know how long it has been in that area. no other body parts were found and the victim has not been identified. >> obesity rates in the u.s. are leveling off. a new report finds that more than 1/3 of adults were obese and 2009-2010, and 70% of children were obese. those figures echo results dating back to 2003. even though rates have stabilized, they are at a high level. >> paula deen now admits she has type ii diabetes. sh

boing boing. pant comes off? >> yes, sir.e does a backflip and the momentum carries him in the shed, all the while his pants come down, this dude's complete pant s listen how bad his frien thinks it's hilarious. now will, who still has one leg in his pair of shorts there, tries to get up and run away from the camera. his friend with the camera follows and will bites it again, only to give the camera the full moon. >> the dog jumps? in. >> the dog comes over according to will in the video, the dog bites him. >> he bit me. >> you see in the beginning, he's a little concerned about his pants because it's not exactly tight. those things are gone in a second. >> don't think he'll try this one again, at least in those shorts. >>> next time on "right this minute" -- they are geared up with wet suits, air tanks, and people walking under water with a wheelbarrow, next time on "right this minute." >> give us a wave, we'll wave back. we're nice. >> it's the straight face, stick a finger in your eye video from iowa. you decide if it's ni

same goes for the blog boing boing to protest an antipiracy bill.critics say the bill will wreck the internet. wikipedia founder says it will shut down its english version of wikipedia for 24 hours to protest the controversial stop online piracy act and the protect intellectual property act pending in congress. the laws are supposed to crack down on sales of prioritied u.s. products overseas. unintended consequences would hamp irtheir ability to put up content in general. >>> "the washington examiner" reports that governor martin o'malley is feeling pressure from union members to raise tax on the rich to close a gap of $1 billion. o'malley initiated a millionaire's tax raising the rate another 14%. that went away in 2010. maryland has the highest share of millionaires in the nation. more than 7% of households. some republicans and economists say a year after the millionaire's tax was implemented, the number of millionaires filing tax returns in maryland plunged leading to the conclusion they simply moved out of state. >>> if you are craving burger k

the online encyclopedia along with redick, boing boing and many others closed their doors for a 24 hour period to protest anti-piracy bills before congress and users say the decision by lawmakers will have a large impact on them. >> i say that a very important source of knowledge will be taken away from me and my family. reporter: the two bills stop online piracy act or sopa or hipa that protects ip act regards the download of movies and other content. if passed, it would cut off those services. >> the unprecedented power it gives private companies and the government to take down things that are suspected of privacy and infringement, there's a real lack of due process. so that can be abused by pretty much anyone. reporter: the film and recording industries and media companies support the legislation. the motion picture association of america says, "neither of these bills implicate free expression but focus solely on illegal conduct, which is not free speech." but some internet companies like wikipedia and privacy advocates are incensed. >> free speech implications of this, it's like say

wikipedia joins read it and boing-boing. the head of wikipedia tweeted student warning, do your home work early. wikipedia protesting bad law on wednesday. the head of twitter was quick to call the move silly saying quote, closing a global business in reaction to a single issue national politics is foolish. twitter's gone center of the road lately taking on the cool kids like wikipedia and complaining to the u.s. government about google. twitter has a good point. the columnist points out if a supposedly neutral organization like wikipedia takes one position on a political issue it takes a position on every issue. if you are willing to black out on one law but not to protest, say, violence in libya, then you have taken a position on both issues. it's an interesting point. >> exactly. thank you. >> a long time to flush out. still to come on "today in the bay," plans to close the bay bridge about to be revealed. >> the case against the two men accused of attacking bryan stow moves forward today. >> and we're about 48 hours out

wick paid yeah, boing boing, other popular web sites down for the day. google similar working but splashed with protests over censorship of the internet. all about piracy bills now in congress. dan, nobody at least publicly is in favor of piracy. so what's the fight really about? >> reporter: if you talk to folks in hollywood it's about jobs and money. if you talk to people in silicon valley, it's about whether or not you would grant the government broad authority to say which web sites are good and which web sites are bad. they want to be the deciders when it comes to this battle. they don't want the government to come in and say, we want you to block these web sites, john. >> and so help us through this, dan. a little piracy 101 how easy is it these days to download a movie if you're on the internet, especially a movie that's in the theater right now. >> reporter: first of all, i add that these two bills in front of congress are basically on life support right now. you had several key members of congress today back away from these bills. so i think you

the english version of wikipedia along with other popular sit such as read-it and boing boing will go black for 24 hours to protest anti-piracy legislation. the company has opposed two federal bills to stop on-line piracy act known sass op-a and the protect i.p.act. the legislation could force websites to monitor material from users that may include copyrighted content. it could also give the government the right to block entire websites. major content providers, including the film and recording industry, say they need greater protection from copyright theft. the oba administration said over the weekend it would not support the current versions of the bill. two principal figures from that debate join me now. the ceo of cheese burger, a network of 50 websites it plans to go dark tomorrow. and rick cotton is an executive president at nbc universal which favors the legislation. he's also the chair of the chamber of commerce coalition against piracy. let me start with you, ben. what is it in this law that warrants the operation... the opposition from both you and your partners on that sid

funny thing is, bo chose the box and you can see there are other box selections in this room. >> and the other boxes would be more optimal size for old bo, but he likes the small one. >> boa little round. >> yeah. >> that's about right. >> i don't think a day goes by on the show we don't feature somebody doing something cool with their gopro camera. but imagine you're shredding down the slopes, snowboarding, you have the run of your life, and you've got your camera hooked up but then it falls off. lost, forever. bummer. this video is called, there still are good people out there. a few minutes later, another boarder notices the camera. he points him out as good-guy snowboarder. we learn later this guy's name is ian, picks it up and continues going down the mountain, finishes up his run. but what he does next is what makes this video. this youtube poster says that the guy thought, hey, if i turn this into lost and found, it's never going to get back to this guy. someone is going to snag it. so instead he left his cell phone number with an employee at the ski shop, and the guy who lost his camera, of course, went to the ski shop and said, hey, did anybody turn in a gopro,

you're going to see sites like wikipedia, the blog boing boing, red it, others, other websites, they're going to go black tomorrow. gosh, what are we all going to do without wikipedia? suzanne? >> i know. everybody's always using wikipedia. i understand that there's a split, though, however, in corporate america. so hollywood and silicon valley pitted against each other. why? >> exactly. so hollywood, suzanne, is actually all in favor of this bill. abc, cbs, news corp., the recording industry association, as you said,time warner, the parent company of cnn, all in favor of it. they say that piracy leads to lower revenue and job cuts, because content creators don't get paid when their music or their movie is pirated. but you flip it around, tech companies say it's censorship and they say it could wreck the internet as we know it. two sides to this bill. >> has anything like this ever happened before? >> well, wikipedia says it's a first for its english site, as far as the blackout of these websites go, and the protests, suzanne, isn't just online. there's a rally planned for tomorrow, her

we talked about some of them -- wikipedia, craigslist, boing boing, and others will be dark today. you get the fullest and there is on your screen. the the id is for the blackout from san francisco - -vivian. caller: i think i heard a tiny bit about it last evening around 7:00 p.m. i have the tv on and i heard it now. for starters, from the beginning, anytime something this big -- people are finding out about it too late to stop it, other than by wikipedia and craigslist being turned off. to me, the right fair means that whoever wants to put it through does not want anybody to have a month to think and figure out what they are doing. i am not convinced that there are large corporations who are trying to protect people, but star players -- guitar players and composers. thousands and thousands of people. i do not care if they have the patent along her if they never sold their songs and their cd's to thousands and thousands of people. they are still 10,000 times where they were before the internet. i do not buy it. host: are you going to call your member of congress? caller: i sent e-

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