A co-founder of Wikipedia was in town for the Canadian Bar Association's annual Legal Conference. Jimmy Wales says that as his online co-operative encyclopedia grows, he's been allowing others to take on bigger roles. "I have a great deal of influence but no actual power, which is exactly the way I think it should be. Meaning if I lead people and I … [Read more...]
Google, Wikipedia and others protest SOPA / PIPA
January 18, 2012 by
At this point, SOPA needs no introduction. But if you've been diligently ignoring it up until this point, good luck getting through January 18th as an uninformed citizen. Google, Wikipedia and a host of other websites are either going dark or making huge, unmistakable statements on their homepages in protest. Google's tagline? "End Piracy, Not … [Read more...]
