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Used on nearly 200 websites on Jan 18th’s internet strike!

The SOPA (H.R.3261) & PIPA (S.968) are terrible pieces of legislation that gives broad powers for the courts to take down sites by claims from “infringed” users. If SOPA or PIPA are voted for by Congress, it could devastate the artistic expression and livelihood of many artists, hackers, and entrepreneurs.

Protest the SOPA/PIPA bills and install the blackout code on your site to let your visitors know what they could miss out if SOPA/PIPA do pass.

Paste this code into your Tumblr themes, website, and more…

<script type="text/javascript">
  var FATLAB_Stop_SOPA = {
    color : '#000000',
    promote : true
  };

  document.write('<scr'+'ipt src="https://fffff.at/stop_sopa/blackout.js?v=1"></scr'+'ipt>');
</script>

The color can also be changed to a hex code, an rgb(), or rgba() format. You can also choose disable the promotion overlay by changing promote to false.

Post your site link in the comments so we can track and spread the word!

Code by @gleuch | view source
Speed Project: 2 hours

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Posted on December 14, 2011

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COMMENTS

  1. Sensu says:

    blacked out.
    @sensu77

  2. Calvin says:

    Lookin’ good on my blog.

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  6. Lake City Quiet Pills is using the script.

    Load time to your site was too long so I mirrored the blackout.js to http://www.lakecityquietpills.com/blackout.js

    Thanks.

  7. Greg Leuch says:

    If you want to get updates &/or have the script deactivated when the SOPA bill is gone, please use the FAT link or the following link:

    https://raw.github.com/gleuch/STOP-SOPA-Blackout/master/sopa_blackout.js

    Thanks y’all!

  8. Richard Best says:

    …that’s if I did it right- put it in the header- if it should go elsewhere, it would help if your instructions were clearer, would probably help anyway for those who have less knowledge of how to go about doing what you’re asking them to…

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  10. Adam says:

    Seriously, thank you for creating this, more people need it. Summarily added to my site.

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  12. choo says:

    my site is not blacking out :(

    what am i doing wrong? the “stop SOPA” thing works fine but i want my site blacked out

  13. choo says:

    if someone can help, send me an email —> chooesfone@gmail.com

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  15. […] For those who are wondering, TorrentFreak is not going dark. Our purpose has always been to inform the public, whether it’s the latest news or a call to action like this article. We believe we can contribute and achieve more by keeping the site online than to black out completely. That said, we are alerting all visitors to take action through the excellent censorship script put together by FAT LAB. […]

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  17. emocode says:

    blacked out emocode

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