Last but not least: Pirates oversleep protest
In the U.S., Google, Wikipedia, and others are protesting the two controversial anti-piracy bills, «SOPA» and «PIPA»; in Germany, the Pirate Party, among others, has joined the protest. Too bad they missed their own chance to protest.
Google is censoring its logo in the USA with a black bar, Wikipedia is going offline completely and the WordPress site is also black. They are all rising up against the planned anti-piracy laws Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (Pipa) in the Senate. In Germany, the Pirate Party, among others, has joined the protest. It announced on its website: "The Pirate Party Germany is taking its website offline for 24 hours on Wednesday, January 18". But the site worked all morning, as Sueddeutsche.de reported with a Screenshot proves it. And, as is the way these days, the glitch spread like lightning on Twitter & Co. - and of course the party was not spared malicious comments. "Well, if I close my eyes really tightly, the # Pirates website is also black," was one example. Or "The Pirate Party admins don't get up until 12". Around half past eleven, the time had come: the Pirate Party website also went black - "Admin woke up and site fell asleep", was the message on Twitter. All's well that ends well - better late than never to protest.
