2600 to go PIPA-dark, too

Emmanuel Goldstein sez, "The websites for 2600 will go dark on Wednesday, joining many others around the world in protest against the potentially devastating effects of bills like SOPA and PIPA."

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Graham Scott

I love 2600. They’re the people who got me looking at public telephones completely differently, which was a long downward spiral into fantasticness. Glad to hear they’re doing it.
Angryjim

maybe others have pointed this out. not sure.. but wordpress has some free plugins to black out your site. if you use wordpress like I do.
devinbarry

GM of Reddit gonna be on Current TV’s The Young Turks to talk about the blackout.
Church

Good thing. This will alert *both* of the 2600 readers who aren’t aware of SOFA/PIPA.
- oasisob1
  
  As an Internet user, I am keenly aware of Sofa.
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    Sofa King!
nolandsman

I have to say that I’m a little confused about the notion of “going dark” as a form of protest. Isn’t that exactly what would happen if the bill was passed and this website was found in non-compliance? By the same logic, the way to protest Wall Street would be to practice corrupt financial business for 24hrs. It seems like the proper way to protest would be to post as much pirated material as possible. Just the opposite of “going dark”. Maybe we should “go light.”