Tomorrow, on Wednesday Jan 18, Wikipedia will hold a blackout to protest the SOPA/PIPA legislation in Congress that poses a serious threat to the open Internet:<span><i></i></span><br><br><span><i></i></span><a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout" target="_blank">http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout</a><br>


<br>More locally, on Wednesday from 12:30-2 PM, the NY Tech Meetup is hosting a &#39;Rally for the Future of Tech&#39; in front of 780 Third Ave, at 49th street, in Manhattan:<br>
<br><a href="http://nytm.org/sos/" target="_blank">http://nytm.org/sos/</a><br><br>These speakers have been confirmed for the rally: <font face="verdana,arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;"><span></span></span></font>Clay Shirky, Alexis Ohanian, Scott Heiferman, John Perry Barlow, Andrew McLaughlin, Eli Pariser, Tim Karr, and David Segal.<br>

<br>Bring a sign on why Wikipedia and similar projects need an open Internet to thrive, and maybe we can also find each other, and go get lunch as a wiki-group afterward.<br><br>Also, I&#39;d like to welcome everyone of our upcoming Wiki-Conference at NYU on Jan 28, where SOPA certainly promises to be a hot topic:<br>
<br><a href="http://bit.ly/wikiday2012" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/wikiday2012</a><br>
<br><i></i>Thanks,<br>Richard<br>(User:Pharos)<br>Wikimedia NYC<br>