The Mashable Meme Machine is a daily look at five hilarious viral topics spreading across the web right now.
Today's Meme Machine is going to try to bring light to a dark situation -- a number of sites will undergo a blackout on Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act.
Critics have claimed that the law would compromise link-heavy sites, such as Reddit, Tumblr and Wikipedia -- those communities have responded in various tones, including humor. The U.S. government may be no laughing matter, but the topic is gaining a lot of buzz on the web.
Here are a few of the SOPA-related memes swirling the Internet.
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