Ask HN: Odds that Google is blacked out in protest of SOPA? How about a doodle?
Media companies have, understandably, shown remarkably little coverage of the potentially disastrous legislation. They also seem to be promoting the idea that SOPA/PIPA will only affect foreign websites that have nothing but illegal content.
If Google were to blackout their site for a day with a link to an explanation of SOPA, the media would have no choice but to cover it. Awareness of the act would grow exponentially. It would also be clear that SOPA won't only affect "geeks". What are the chances that this will happen?