Very well done, I wish google would have done something creative like this. Don't remove all the content, but make sure people have to take extra action to see it. Make them feel what it may be like to live in a world where information is censored.
It makes you know that their are things here that you can't see, but you only have to take a small action to see them.
These pseudo-blackouts help raise a point, but the truth is that unless the site goes down, information blocked, people don't realize just how bad censorship really is.
I think this is a good compromise between allowing their business to run for the day and getting the message to as many people as possible. I particularly like this style of black-out because it's so visually powerful.
That's why I believe Wiki has made a very good move to really go dark. I knew it was about to happen, yet got stopped trying to check some facts on Labrador Retrievers. It's 'no-jokes' compared to 'navigating in black...? interesting.'
I do agree that the solution wired used is really creative and cool and will raise the point. Also I think that what wikipedia did on the english pages proves a stronger point since they don't give you a mechanism to uncensore the page.
Except they do. Hit esc and you can hang on the page and read the material. One guess, what MSNBC is reporting today. I confess it is really frustrating to see how major networks are covering these protests.
It makes me wonder what is a legitimate protest in the eyes of the media/elite anymore. They disapprove of the OWS style. They mock blackouts on the web. What does it take for our government and mainstream reporters to respect public dissent.
As somebody pointed out in another thread, the number of people that are able to circumvent the wikipedia blackout but don't already know about SOPA can probably be counted on one hand.
It makes you know that their are things here that you can't see, but you only have to take a small action to see them.