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European Union lawmakers on Thursday voted against a series of controversial copyright rules known as the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The vote handed a perceived, but perhaps temporary, victory to Silicon Valley while reps for content creators and owners expressed disappointment at the…

When YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki unveiled the company’s latest initiative to combat misinformation on the platform at SXSW, it didn’t clue in one of the third parties that would help in the myth-busting — Wikipedia. Wojcicki said YouTube would display “information clues” from independent sources, including Wikipedia,…

As many as 7,000 websites are participating today in protests of some form or another against the U.S. House Of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act and the U.S. Senate’s companion Protect IP Act. Some are going dark. Others are calling attention to the issue in less dramatic ways. Among the more prominent are…

The online encyclopedia says it will, making it the most prominent participant to date in a planned Wednesday protest over a Hollywood-supported effort to fight online piracy. “We have no indication that SOPA [the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act] is fully off the table,” Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales tweeted today…

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales blogs that he is considering a blackout of pages on the popular site to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. Wales has asked users and editors of Wikipedia to weigh in with their opinions before he makes a decision. The entertainment industry wants the government to take stronger action…