[ale] Update On SOPA/PIPA: ALE Should Join the Strike !?

[Vernard Martin]

On 1/17/2012 9:15 PM, Aaron Ruscetta wrote:
> EFF and other concerned organizations are sponsoring
> an info web page on the SIPA / PIPA** legislation:
> <http://sopacountdown.com/>
>
> Along with that link the groups sent plug-ins and links to a
> plug-in for Wordpress that make it very easy to take your
> site dark in solidarity with the January 18 (midnight to
> midnight EST) protest that is being undertaken by many
> prominent internet entities and organizations.
>
> It is my carefully considered opinion that we should join
> the protest against these censorship threats and attacks
> on our freedom and free speech by having the ALE web
> site<http://ale.org>  go dark for 24hrs.  For the period of
> the strike, the pluggin would route ALE traffic to:
> <http://sopastrike.com/strike>
>
> ===============
> Those in Favor??  (+)
+1 here.

I just wish there was a way for it to happen at a level higher up than 
the individual sites. I wonder how many Fortune 500 companies are going 
to participate :(