Websites Confirmed for the Jan 18 Blackout Protesting SOPA

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1. Cori Summers says:

   January 13, 2012 at 6:26 pm

   Thank you for making this list! I have a few other sites that have confirmed they will also be blacking out on Jan 18. These are smaller sites, but every one counts!
   Source unless otherwise stated: (http://www.reddit.com/r/SOPA/comments/ofh9n/can_we_get_a_list_of_all_the_websites_confirmed/)

   Red 5 Studios
   http://www.firefallthegame.com/community/threads/red-5-studios-will-be-going-dark-on-january-18th-in-protest-of-sopa.16151/

   GOOD Evening
   http://www.good.is/

   Rage Maker
   http://www.ragemaker.net/

   FreakOutNation
   http://freakoutnation.com/

   TheLeakyWiki
   http://www.theleakywiki.com/

   Doxie Lovers Club
   http://www.doxielovers.com/dlc/index.php

   Twitpic – They won’t be going completely black, but will be posting censored versions of their site.
   http://www.twitpic.com/

   Age of Coins – A Minecraft server and forum
   http://ageofcoins.comyr.com/

   XDA
   http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/xda-to-go-dark-on-jan-18th-at-8am-you-can-help-bring-us-back-online/

   A Softer World
   http://www.asofterworld.com/

   This Is Why Im Broke
   http://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/

   Cake Wrecks (via Twitter: Cake Wrecks will be joining @reddit in going dark on 1/18 to protest #SOPA. Have a blog? Then join us! http://bit.ly/z2KkSx)
   http://www.cakewrecks.com/

   Hey, It’s Free!
   http://www.heyitsfree.net/

   Dance Top 40
   http://www.dancetop40.com/

   Thanks again!

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   • Nikki Blight says:

     January 13, 2012 at 6:48 pm

     Thanks for the update!

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     • Steve says:

       January 17, 2012 at 7:42 am

       Nikki, we will be joining as well.
       http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com

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     • Alex C says:

       January 18, 2012 at 7:58 am

       My community website is also blacked out as well:
       http://distro-gaming.com

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   • jordon o'reilly says:

     January 18, 2012 at 1:55 am

     My dad owns a decently large telecommunications company here in Ohio. He does voicemail and network troubleshooting for mid to small businesses. Like, internal office systems and such. I just convinced him to shut diwn his websites and give his 56 technicians the day off.

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2. Omar Saif says:

   January 13, 2012 at 9:28 pm

   My website is joining the strike as well e-cloudy.com

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   • Bert says:

     January 18, 2012 at 12:28 am

     Your tinhinkg matches mine – great minds think alike!

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3. Cori Summers says:

   January 13, 2012 at 9:48 pm

   No problem! I just found a few more:

   Newgrounds
   http://www.newgrounds.com/
   http://imgur.com/ZMfgh (Source)

   Seibertron
   http://www.seibertron.com/
   http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/sopa-and-pipa-the-bills-which-could-end-seibertron-com-your-favorite-websites-and-the-internet-t83517.php (Source; about halfway down the page)

   Through the Eyes of a Pirate
   http://shawngray.ca/
   “I will be taking down “Through the Eyes of A Pirate”, my resume website, and my elections website (not fully active) for January 18th as a part of the black-out. I will also be disabling my “Northern Cyclist” wordpress (it’s dormant anyways, but may as well). None of them are particularly high-traffic sites, but it’s something I can do unilaterally to participate in the black-out.
   As for pulling the PPCA site. This was brought up during the Political Board meeting lastnight, and was met with some concern, namely around the timing of the General Assembly. From the general idea, I don’t think it will be going down, however a message will be posted to the front page concerning SOPA and the blackout.”
   « Last Edit: Today at 01:18:38 PM by Shawn Gray »
   https://www.pirateparty.ca/forum/index.php?topic=1662.0 (Source)

   Cynical Brit
   http://www.cynicalbrit.com/
   Totalbiscuit @Totalbiscuit
   I will black out both my YT channels, livestream and cynicalbrit.com with a static anti-SOPA message for 24 hours on the 18th of this month. (Source via Twitter)

   Thanks again! And by the way, I’ve posted a link to this page on Reddit. I’m hoping other people will help build this list too.

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4. Cori Summers says:

   January 13, 2012 at 9:52 pm

   Another one!

   Platform Nation
   http://www.platformnation.com/
   http://www.platformnation.com/2012/01/13/platform-nations-closing-down-january-18th/ (Source)

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   • Audel says:

     January 17, 2012 at 11:56 pm

     Hey, good to find smeoone who agrees with me. GMTA.

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5. Clay Allen says:

   January 13, 2012 at 10:03 pm

   As insignificant as my small gaming community is, I am also doing a blackout.

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6. Nikki Blight says:

   January 13, 2012 at 10:51 pm

   Great! Adding them now.

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   • Kim Hunter says:

     January 17, 2012 at 11:58 am

     I have built a protest page and will redirect my entire site after midnight. Here is the page I built to support this action: http://kimhunter.ca/web_strike.htm

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7. Kyle says:

   January 14, 2012 at 12:15 pm

   Add Seekmybeat.com under Reddit please! I am the founder/Owner of SeekMyBeat and I AM STRONGLY AGAINST SOPA! MY Site will be joining the blackout!

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8. Sheryl says:

   January 14, 2012 at 3:57 pm

   We will be blacking out our site: http://amuchbetterway.com

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9. Travis says:

   January 14, 2012 at 4:40 pm

   The [H]ard | OCP Gaming Community [H]ard | Gaming will also have a full blackout.

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10. Nikki Blight says:

    January 14, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    Awesome… keep ’em coming!

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11. Jared Belcher says:

    January 14, 2012 at 7:53 pm

    Our online social magazine, Inkerro, will be having a blackout. http://www.Inkerro.com

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12. Andrew Leslie says:

    January 14, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    We will not be preforming a full black out but will be displaying a SOPA message on our site and possibly more.

    Just for confirmation: https://twitter.com/#!/LeslieNetworks/status/157960327894548482

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13. Kenny Brunton says:

    January 14, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    It’s not much I know, we get a few thousand visitors a day, but The Weekly Gripe will be joining the blackout.

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14. Chris says:

    January 14, 2012 at 11:00 pm

    I know I don’t have a ton of traffic on any of my sites but I will be installing the SOPA WordPress plugin and plan on shutting my handful of sites down for the day, the biggest being WordPress for Business Websites. I am also going to try to get my clients to let me put the plugin on their sites. I fear much of these sites will be “preaching to the choir” and we need to get non-tech sites in on it.

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15. Sburns says:

    January 14, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    SimplyFixed.biz (A local business) is taking down their site the 18th and 23, and possible there sister company too.

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16. brantje says:

    January 15, 2012 at 5:20 am

    http://www.friendstream.net will also go black on Jan 18th.
    This my own website, which handles the updates from foursquare, twitter and facebook.

    I will alter the user timeline, so in the evening they will learn about SOPA 🙂

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17. Michael says:

    January 15, 2012 at 7:44 am

    I have a few others:
    My Minecraft server and forum:
    http://www.tacticalcraft.com

    As well as a large Minecraft server providor:
    http://www.redstonehost.com

    Thanks!!!

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18. EcchiDreams says:

    January 15, 2012 at 7:49 am

    Our Hentai Community [EcchiDreams] will be joining this blackout.

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19. MentaL says:

    January 15, 2012 at 8:28 am

    MMORPG development community http://forum.ragezone.com shall also be blacked out during the protest.

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20. Dave says:

    January 15, 2012 at 8:50 am

    http://www.raspberrypi.org/ has confirmed that they too will be participating.

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21. GeNyaa says:

    January 15, 2012 at 9:37 am

    http://blog.genyaa.org shall also be blacked out during the protest.

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22. Brian Sapient says:

    January 15, 2012 at 9:52 am

    To draw attention to SOPA and encourage people to speak up about it I will be blacking out my websites. At one point the largest of my sites was the most visited atheist website in the world. I estimate 25,000 unique visitors will hit my SOPA awareness page between 8 am and 8 pm. I urge all other webmasters to do the same. My only complaint is that we don’t shut down for the whole week. It would be worth it to ensure our future.

    These sites will be blocked, and more:
    Rational Responders
    Brian Sapient
    Celebrity Atheists
    Purpose of Christmas
    Atheism United

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23. EmeraldTokyo says:

    January 15, 2012 at 10:24 am

    Emerald Angel Comics will also blackout on the 18th in protest. The urls are http://www.emeraldtokyo.com and http://www.emeraldangelcomics.com. Thanks for the info on the wordpress sopa blackout plugin. It makes my job easier. 😀

    Luv,
    Chrissy.

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24. Fairy Tail says:

    January 15, 2012 at 10:55 am

    I have a number of websites which I will also close down for this day. we must fight SOPA!

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25. Matt Lincoln Russell says:

    January 15, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    I can confirm these sites will be blacked out as well:
    VanillaForums.org
    Icrontic.com
    NewBuddhist.com

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26. yt75 says:

    January 15, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    I don’ know SOPA in details, but for me regarding piracy, if the basic principles are :
    1) against piracy centers and not end users (always centers in piracy due to the need for catalogs and search amongst other things, “peer to peer” also a lot of hypocrisy in the terms and everybody knows it)
    2) No monitoring at all of end users flow, or collection of their IPs, a formal complaint required from somebody about a user acting as a center
    3) All procedures are legal and public
    Then it clearly is the right way to do it, not to forget that if piracy doesn’t create any revenues for authors and creators, it does create some (and not a little) for some people :
    http://owni.fr/2011/12/14/secret-megaupload-streaming-kim-schmitz-david-robb/
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10626044

    Note : above more developed below (but in French) :
    http://iiscn.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/piratage-hadopi-etc/
    And “zero piracy” doesn’t matter in anyway (not more than school kids exchanging files), problem is when it becomes the default and easiest access method for works and publications.
    But on this, in order to have a real “user experience” added value in buying instead of pirating, and this in a non quasi monopolistic environment (or with just 2 or three “monsters”), clearly something like below would be needed :
    http://iiscn.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/concepts-economie-numerique-draft/
    And a little cartoon :
    http://iiscn.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/vestale-sous-contraintes-exercice-ludique-en-courrier-10/

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    • Nikki Blight says:

      January 15, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      You’ll get no argument from me that piracy is a problem… but SOPA is not the way to go about fixing it. SOPA is the equivalent of trying to swat a fly with a rocket launcher. Yeah, you might kill the fly, but god only knows what else you’re going to blow up in the process.

      The biggest concern with SOPA is not that it may stop piracy (which, to be honest, is a big assumption… if piracy were really that easy to stop it, would have been done a long time ago), but rather that the overwhelmingly broad power of the legislation can (and almost certainly will) be abused by those who wield it.

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      • Allan Bernier says:

        January 18, 2012 at 1:05 am

        I love your quote and I understand better with your remark, and I had copied and pasted your quote and of course, put your name next to it… your description of SOPA is loud and clear. Thanks!

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        • Allan Bernier says:

          January 18, 2012 at 1:06 am

          I forget to add, I copied and pasted your remarks with your name next to it on my Facebook page…..

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27. hotrods20 says:

    January 15, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    CnCFansite is joining the cause. Anything to help keep the net free.

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28. ROYAL FALCON says:

    January 15, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    http://castle-g.com/

    DONT FORGET TO ADD THAT WEBSITE , ANONYMOUS

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29. Faio Admin says:

    January 15, 2012 at 5:53 pm

    http://www.Faio.org [Popular site to listen to Adventures in Odyssey episodes] will join the ever growing list and blackout January 18th. [Users will be redirected to protestsopa.org]

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30. vv says:

    January 15, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    http://egoarchive.com is confirmed

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