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Scribd is disappearing word by word, page by page, thanks to SOPA

December 21, 2011 5:50 PM J. O De!! 1"" 2# $0 $% 0 0 5 Due to ne& !e'is!ation (rom the ).*. 'overnment, *cribd is disappearin' (rom the +nternet , ever- document, ever- &ord. .t !east, that/s &hat cou!d happen i( certain bi!!s ma0e their &a- to con'ressiona! approva!. *cribd is a popu!ar on!ine pub!ishin' too!, and to ma0e a point about *OP., it/s vo!untari!removin' its documents (rom the +nternet and ur'in' users to put a stop to this !e'is!ation. *OP., the *top On!ine Privac- .ct, and P+P. 1Protect +P .ct2, its sister bi!!, have come under heav- (ire (rom +nternet companies, and (or 'ood reason. +( so much as a sin'!e document &as posted to *cribd and the user &ho posted it didn/t ho!d the cop-ri'ht, the entire *cribd net&or0 mi'ht be ta0en do&n.

3ot on!- &ou!d those sites be b!oc0ed b- +*Ps4 the- &ou!d a!so be de-inde5ed (rom search en'ines and prevented (rom doin' business &ith companies such as Pa-pa!. 67ith this !e'is!ation in p!ace, entire domains !i0e *cribd cou!d simp!- vanish (rom the &eb,8 said Jared 9riedman, *cribd/s :;O and co-(ounder, in a re!ease toda-. 6;hat/s &h- &e/re sho&in' our users <ust &hat *OP. and P+P. cou!d do to *cribd and other sites. ;hese bi!!s aren/t <ust dr- acron-ms4 the-/re a direct attac0 on the underpinnin's o( the &eb.8 .s a demonstration o( &hat cou!d happen i( either *OP. or P+P. 'ets a 'o-ahead (rom the 'overnment, readers visitin' *cribd &i!! &atch documents , more than a bi!!ion pa'es containin' near!- ha!( a tri!!ion &ords , vanish ri'ht be(ore their e-es. . dia!o' &i!! then appear to a!ert readers to the protest and the bi!!s and &i!! provide !in0s to more in(ormation. 7hi!e *OP. and P+P. are tar'eted at stoppin' pirac- and the sa!e o( counter(eit 'oods on!ine, the- a!so put a !ot o( re!ative!- innocent b-standers in the !ine o( (ire, especia!!user-'enerated-content sites !i0e *cribd and 7i0ipedia. 7i0ipedia (ounder Jimm- 7a!es has a!so ta0en a simi!ar!- stron' stance a'ainst *OP., ca!!in' (or a b!ac0out o( 7i0ipedia to protest the bi!!. *o (ar, a!most =0 percent o( votin' 7i0ipedians support the protest. *cribd and 7i0ipedia aren/t the on!- ones up in arms4 a hu'e !ist o( +nternet pro'enitors petitioned !a&ma0ers to put a stop to *OP. in an open !etter. >int :er(, ?sther D-son, Jim @ett-s and a score or t&o o( various !uminaries and &eb inventors &rote, 6these bi!!s &i!! create an environment o( tremendous (ear and uncertaint- (or techno!o'ica! innovation, and serious!- harm the credibi!it- o( the )nited *tates in its ro!e as a ste&ard o( 0e- +nternet in(rastructure.8 ;o contact the con'ressiona! representatives responsib!e (or *OP., chec0 out the resources avai!ab!e at .merican:ensorship.or'.

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Scribd self-censors to stop SOPA

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December 21, 2011 | 11:13 pm

Posted in: censorship, :hris Meado&s, 'overnment, !e'a!, *cribd Tags: censorship, :on'ress, 'overnment, !e'is!ation, *cribd, *OP., &i0ipedia

By Chris Meadows
7i0ipedia isn/t the on!- site considerin' a pub!ic demonstration o( the evi!s o( *OP.. *cribd has 'one ahead and done it. *cribd has added a script to its pa'e that b!an0s out documents &ord b- &ord be(ore users/ e-es, (o!!o&ed b- a pop-up e5p!ainin' &hat/s happenin' and &h- &e shou!d a!! be concerned about *OP.. ;his ana!-sis o( &h- *OP. is unconstitutiona! is cited as an e5amp!e. 1.t !east, in theor-. +t didn/t &or0 on m- computer, nor on those o( some others &ho posted comments on *cribd/s post.2 ;hat puts me in mind o( a too! + sa& on Ioin'Ioin' the other da- that a!!o&s peop!e to 6censor8 their o&n b!o' posts &ith a !in0 to sho& ho& peop!e can (i'ht *OP. censorship themse!ves. ;he nice thin' about the +nternet is that it/s ver- 'ood at 'ettin' out &ord on thin's !i0e this. ;he prob!em is, &i!! that be enou'h to 0i!! the bi!!E 19ound via ;echDirt.2

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Scribd Pre iews !our "nternet After SOPA

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*ubscribe 9ree By #rew Bowling J December 22, 2011 J 0 :omments

Kou have presumab!- heard that *OP. has dra&n the ire o( ever-bod-. Fea!!-, it/s ever-bod-. ?ver-bod-. More ever-bod-. .nd, (ina!!-, ever-bod-. ;he !atest compan- to <oin the anti-*OP. movement is *cribd, the &eb/s !ar'est pub!ishin' and readin' site that c!aims tens o( mi!!ions o( avai!ab!e documents. +( -ou &ent to their site -esterda- to peruse a document, -ou &ou!d/ve (ound that the &ords !itera!!- be'an to vanish (rom the pa'e as -ou read. Once the document &as *OP./ed and thus unreadab!e, visitors &ere presented &ith the (o!!o&in' messa'e:

.nd there -ou have it: the (uture o( the +nternet in the *OP. era. ;he se!(-censorin' act &as a prett- poi'nant e5amp!e o( &hat peop!e can e5pect the +nternet to become i( *OP. shou!d become a rea!it-. Miche!!e Aaird, Director o( :ommunications &ith *cribd, provided 7ebPro3e&s &ith the press re!ease that e5p!ained *cribd/s reasonin' behind the demonstration: Today, users of Scribd must watch as the words they read are being taken away, as Scribd demonstrates to its millions of users what the SOPA & Protect IP Act (PIPA) would do e ery day if they !ass" #$ith this legislation in !lace, entire domains like Scribd could sim!ly anish from the web,% said &ared 'riedman, (TO & co)founder, Scribd" #That*s why we*re showing our users +ust what SOPA and PIPA could do to Scribd and other sites" These bills aren*t +ust dry acronyms, they*re a direct attack on the under!innings of the web"% To demonstrate what could ha!!en if either bill !asses in (ongress readers isiting Scribd will see documents anish word for word right before their eyes" A light bo- will a!!ear to alert users to what*s going on, !ro ide a call to action and links to more information including a collection of SOPA)related documents u!loaded to Scribd like the Tribe .egis memo read o er /012 times" In all, o er a billion !ages and nearly half a trillion words could disa!!ear"

Scribd, the world*s largest !ublishing and reading site with tens of millions of documents, is +oining other technology giants like 3oogle and 4o5illa in o!!osing this legislation" Together, these com!anies, along with hundreds of thousands of !eo!le and tech isionaries like 6int (erf, !o!ularly known as one of the #fathers of the Internet%, ha e igorously stated their o!!osition to SOPA and PIPA" Aaird sa-s that no (urther acts o( protest &ere current!- p!anned a!thou'h this shou!d adeHuate!- i!!uminate &hat users o( the +nternet 1i.e., an-bod-2 can !oo0 (or&ard to in the a'e o( *OP..

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