SOPA Blackouts: Reaction and Resources

MEDIA -- January 18, 2012 at 2:26 PM EDT

SOPA Blackouts: Reaction and Resources

Many sites, including Wikipedia, Craigslist, Google and Boing Boing, have posted messages against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or are completely blacked out Wednesday.

Reaction came quickly, from students wondering how they would do their homework to congressmen changing their votes on the proposed legislation.

Below, click through for what pro- and anti-SOPA backers say about the act and five resources to learn more about it.

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