As of midnight GMT (right now), am joining Wikipedia and others in a blackout to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act by showing users the bill’s effect on Web companies. We object to language in the bills, which are aimed at stopping online piracy on foreign Web sites, that grant the U.S. government the right to block entire Web sites with copyright-infringing content on them from the Internet.

My site, jon404.com, will be blacked out for at least 24 hours.