In a joint effort with the EFF and the Voters Telecommunications Watch, iWorld and Mecklermedia publicly endorsed a national day of protest;[3] turning the background of web pages around the world to black.

The protest received national news coverage and was a catalyst in the planning for a lawsuit (Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union) which went to the United States Supreme Court and reaffirmed First Amendment protection for Internet publishers.

At Earthweb, Louis reprised his role of editor, hoping to reproduce the early success of iWorld[5] and helping launch the company on the stock market.

In September 2008, in a speech at the Web 2.0 conference (reprised in a different way at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting), Louis predicted the rise of crypto-currencies (which he called "virtual currencies") long before the popularity of Bitcoin.

Louis also wrote articles for a wide number of technology publications[20] including The Silicon Alley Reporter, Business 2.0, IEEE Spectrum[21], The New York Times[22], and others.