On 16 January 2012, the Wikimedia Foundation announced the planned shut down of the English Wikipedia site globally for 24 hours on 18 January 2012, in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). The blackout coincides with similar action by other websites, such as Reddit, and will run for 24 hours starting at 05:00 UTC on 18 January.
Ultrastudio.org is not based in United States, also we actually do not think we host any even potentially problematic content. Our site and contributing community are relatively small and everything we include can be seriously checked.
However while maybe this time we do not share Wikipedia problems at the moment (who knows the future?), we do share the spirit and will suspend our activity as a sign of solidarity. Eclipse mirror, translate-protein.com and reverse-complement.com will also be suspended. All server will be simply powered down.
For more, please see 2012 Wikipedia blackout.
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