For the first time in its history, PressThink has gone dark for a day to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), now before the House of Representatives, and its Senate companion Protect IP Act (PIPA.) I have taken this action in solidarity with Wikipedia, Reddit and other key Internet sites.

Here are some links that explain the issue and why I have decided to take this site offline for a day.

Wikipedia blackout to go ahead as tech firms rail against Sopa proposals (The Guardian)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/17/wikipedia-blackout-tech-firms-sopa

The Case For and Against the Wikipedia Blackout (Atlantic.com)

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/case-and-against-wikipedia-blackout/47486/

Congress considers anti-piracy bills that could cripple Internet industries (O'Reilly Radar)

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/sopa-protectip.html

What You Need to Know About the Stop Online Piracy Act in 2012 (Huffington Post)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-howard/sopa-information-2012_b_1166214.html