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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced on Twitter Monday that the popular community-based online encyclopedia will shut down its English moncler jackets versions for 24 hours in protest. Users of the site have discussed for more than a month whether it should react to the legislation and in the past few days, tried to decide how.

The foundation behind the site, Wikimedia, says it is still collecting input from users and expects to make its final decision later Monday evening on the details of the protest based on that feedback. However, a large-scale blackout is expected at this time.

“We are looking at a powerful protest,” said Jay Walsh, spokesman for the foundation.

The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act pending in Congress are designed to crack down on sales of pirated U.S. products overseas.

Supporters say the legislation is needed to protect intellectual property and jobs. Critics say the legislation could hurt the technology industry and infringe on free-speech rights.

Tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others have questioned the legislation and said it poses a serious risk to the industry. Several online communities such as Reddit, Boing Boing and others have announced plans to go dark in protest.

Wikipedia is considering several different moncler jacket forms of response, from a banner across the top of the page to a black out in certain areas, up to a worldwide shutdown, Walsh said. If Wikipedia opts to black out, it would be the largest and most well-known website to do so.

“It’s not a muscle that is normally flexed,” Walsh said.

The Obama administration has also raised concerns about the legislation and said over the weekend that it will work with Congress on legislation to help battle piracy and counterfeiting while defending free expression, privacy, security and innovation in the Internet.

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A Chinese company has apparently called off plans to sell an action figure made in the likeness of the late Apple founder and tech wizard Steve Jobs, saying it was responding to pressure from Apple lawyers, as well as from the Jobs family.

A statement on the In Icons website said the doll was intended as an homage to Jobs, who died in October at 56 after a career spent changing the face of movies, music, computers and more. The company said it believed that its figurine would have survived any legal challenges.

But in the end, In Icons said, it decided moncler jackets 2011 outlet to stop production on the potential collectors item -- which would have sold for $99.99 -- because the Jobs family was said to be so distraught over it.

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"Unfortunately we have received immense pressure from the lawyers of Apple and Steve Jobs family," the statement said. "Though we still believe we have not overstepped any legal boundaries, we have decided to completely stop ... out of our heartfelt sensitivity to the feelings of the Jobs family."

The statement concluded: "Lastly, we wish to thank everyone for their admiration and appreciate of the figurine, and again we offer our sincere apologies to affected fans."

The company raised eyebrows this month when the media caught wind of plans to sell a remarkably realistic action figure that included all the Jobs trademarks: the New Balance kicks, the blue jeans, the black mock turtleneck, the silver-framed glasses, the beard.

The doll was scheduled to begin shipping in February. It was slated to arrive with plenty of accessories, such as extra glasses and two apples, including one with a chomp taken out of it. The figurine was to arrive in a box that cheap moncler mimicked Apple's clean, minimalistic white packaging.

A representative for Apple did not reply to a request for comment before this story