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Wikipedia blackout to go ahead as tech firms rail against Sopa proposals
Leading web entrepreneurs claim anti-piracy legislation will stifle innovation and threaten North Korea-style censorshipAs top-tier websites prepare for a worldwide protest against anti-piracy legislation, leading internet figures have warned that any change in US law would stifle creativity online and could lead to “North Korea”-style censorship. Internet entrepreneurs – including Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of news sharing site Reddit, and Brad Burnham, whose Union Square Ventures has backed firms including Twitter and Foursquare – held a press conference in Washington on Tuesday as the tech community fights to put a halt to Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect IP act (Pipa), two anti-piracy bills being scrutinised in Washington.