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Episode Synopsis
We cover the Great Internet Blackout Protest of 1996, continue our Cliff Notes version of Internet History in ‘A Brief History of the Internet,’ and try to solicit compensation for an unsung hero of the early web. So strap on your Chrono-belts, time cadets. It’s the first episode of The Old Wide Web!Links:The Day The Internet Went Dark: Web Blackout Commemorative, Remembering the Great Web Blackout, Communications Decency Act on Wikipedia, Mirror of Yahoo!’s page from the protest, List of Sites Who Participated (And Didn’t), The Great Australian Internet Blackout, Shabbir Safdar’s Personal Blog, and a special thanks to Stephan Carroll for the music.Thanks For Trumpet Winsock – You can donate to the creator of Trumpet Winsock here or through Paypal at [email protected]:Telnet BBS GuideLegend of the Red Dragon (LORD) OnlineOld Website of the Week:Yahoo! in 1996
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