维基百科黑屏事件风波迭起（1/2）

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概述：以维基百科为首的一些网站通过黑屏等方式抗议国会计划出台的反盗版法案，对此各界人士发表不同看法。
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Wikipedia
SOPA/The Stop Online Piracy Act
PIPA/The Protect Intellectual Property Act
Reddit
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
校对：丸子龙
翻译：凌辰凉凉
组长：xuanfeng630
答疑：xyfxyfxyf123For the first time ever, Wikipedia in English went black. The online encyclopedia launched a 24-hour blackout to protest SOPA, The Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, The Protect Intellectual Property Act.
"It is detrimental to the free open web. It's detrimental to Wikipedia. And we wanna make sure that we send a message."
Wikipedia joined a number of other websites that shut down, including popular social news portal Reddit.
"This is a really big deal. This is something we are gonna fight and this is something that we think, you know, threatens the entire tech sector."
Like Wikipedia, Reddit replaced its usual content with a page urging visitors to raise the issue with their representatives in Congress. Google blacked out its logo, but kept its search engine site operating. Supporters of the two bills, SOPA in the House of Representatives and PIPA in the Senate, say the legislation is not censorship, but a way to fight foreign websites that sell pirated American movies and music.
"These rogue sites are hurting American jobs, stealing American jobs. They are harming American consumers and they have no business being on the Internet."有史以来第一次，维基百科英文站出现黑屏。这一网络百科全书黑屏24小时，以抗议《网络反盗版法》（SOPA）和《知识产权保护法》（PIPA）。
“这些法案不利于网络自由，也不利于维基百科，我们希望发出这样的信息。”
维基百科也与其他一些关闭的网站合作。其中包括著名的社会新闻网站红迪网。
“这确实是件大事，我们所要斗争的，我们所要考虑的，都会威胁到整个科技领域。”
同维基百科一样，红迪网将其常规内容换成新页面，鼓励访客同国会代表一起提出新议题。谷歌虽然还继续保持搜索引擎畅通，却将自己的logo标志黑屏了。美国国会众议院提出“反网络盗版法”，以及参议院提出“知识产权保护法”，这两大支持者则称，该立法并非审查，而是以此打击一些贩卖盗版的美国电影和音乐的国外网站。
“这些流氓网站损害了美国就业，抢取美国人民的工作，损害了美国消费者利益，然后，使得网络上再无商业可言。”