There's no guarantee that the decision by Wikipedia and others to go dark in protest of SOPA and PIPA will stymie the legislation. But the blackouts are dominating media -- and that's the whole idea.
FORTUNE -- I just looked at a Google cache version of a Wikipedia page. It's easy to do that, so today's blackout of the online encyclopedia, in protest of proposed anti-piracy legislation, isn't totally effective in blocking access to the site. But it is effective in making people aware of the legislation and in spurring further protest, which is the whole point.
A week ago, the House's proposed Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Senate's proposed Protect IP Act (PIPA) were getting relatively light attention. Today, they're dominating both the traditional and social media. Nothing significant has happened with the legislation itself -- it's simply the blackouts. Wikipedia is just one of a many sites that have gone dark today.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Why today's Web blackouts are working - Big Tech - Fortune Tech
