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Life & fun · January 17, 2012

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We built a free Stop SOPA/PIPA notification bar for sites

We built this free little notification bar so you could add it to your site and show your opposition to PIPA/SOPA without having to black out. The text never changes, there's no account needed or anything like that, and you can take it down whenever.

We built a free Stop SOPA/PIPA notification bar for sites launched on January 17, 2012 with 57 votes, #25 of 306 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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A free notification bar that website owners can add to their sites to display opposition to SOPA and PIPA legislation without completely blacking out their content. The bar requires no account setup, uses fixed text, and can be removed at any time. Designed as a lighter alternative to full-site blackouts, it lets site owners take a political stance while keeping their sites functional.

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