Plenty has come of Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing, Google and other national sites joining in a day-long protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act, but similar efforts on a more local level have been more muted.
In Ward 4, though, D.C. Council contender Max Skolnik shut down his campaign website for the day, leaving only a message stating his opposition to the bill. He also added a “Stop SOPA” banner to his Twitter avatar.
Similarly, local blog clearinghouse D.C. Blogs opted to join in the protest today, posting nothing more than an image of a black bar in lieu of its traditional content. So did Brightest Young Things (well, kind of) and our local Craigslist. Our own branch of the Occupy movement is also participating, and high-end livery service (and focal point of much controversy) Uber expressed its opposition to SOPA.
And though the D.C. government hasn’t taken an official stance on the law, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation played on the theme in a tweet this afternoon: “Our website isn’t censored yet, so check out our winter program offerings at dpr.dc.gov (while you still can)!”
As Georgetown Patch reported today, though, no local news sites — DCist included — have gotten in on the action.
Martin Austermuhle