Rock, Paper, Shotgun is blacked out to protest against SOPA and PIPA


We're sorry if this frustrates or angers you. Really. But it's nothing compared to what could happen were the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act to succeed in the US.

Under those new rules, a single errant comment left by a reader could see RPS invisible in the United States, removed from search engines, ad revenue frozen, and thus destroyed. Despite Monday's news that SOPA was shelved, it's now back on the table, and PIPA is just as dangerous.

Any site that has comments, a forum, video streaming, user content in any form, is in real danger of being destroyed by SOPA and PIPA. YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter... The internet, as this wonderful, extraordinary, free and beautiful thing, would be broken forever.

If you're in America, contact your local Congressperson/Senator about SOPA and PIPA. If you're not American, remember similar legislation is being considered all over the world, including in the UK.

We'll be back Thursday morning, and we'll be as great as ever. We want to make sure that continues. Find out more here.

"We are very much involved in the debates around Intellectual Property (IP). Our industry has a very close relationship with gamers who drive our industry and we have led the way in supplying compelling content across all formats and constantly reviewing our business models. We are proud to have this relationship and want to preserve and build on the loyalty of all gamers.

To this end we are announcing that we will host an industry debate to explore ways of positively building on the power of our products and services for game makers and players alike. This will happen in the coming weeks and will extend beyond our membership to all those involved in our innovative industry.”