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'''Tucows''', an acronym for '''The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software''', is best known for its popular website directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available for download.
'''Tucows''', an acronym for '''The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software''', is best known for its popular website directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available for download.
In protest of [[SOPA]] and [[PIPA]], Tucows, along with other well-known sites on the Internet, blacked out their Tucows Software Download site on January 18th from 8am to 8pm EST (1300-0100 UTC).<ref>[http://tucowsinc.com/news/2012/01/why-we-dont-like-sopa/ Why We Don't Like SOPA, tucowsinc.com]</ref>
== History ==
== History ==