Endless Paradigm

Quote:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delayed a vote on the Protect IP Act (Pipa) scheduled for Tuesday.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith then said his panel would not consider the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) until a compromise was reached.

The decisions follow protests by online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, and thousands of other websites, which went "dark" in protest for 24 hours earlier this week.

"In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on the PROTECT IP Act," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said in a statement on Friday...

So, the bills haven't actually been stopped, but they've been temporarily delayed.
Source (BBC.co.uk)

Since that - SOPA has been withdrawn!

http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/20/272141...amar-smith

Sweet!

Finally I see a strike work.

All the blackouts and stuff actually did something?  Nice.

Don't they typically do this sort of thing to unpopular legislation, just to bring it back later when everyone's (or the media is) more interested in other things?

I believe all that SOPA/PIPA poo poo was just a Excuse to Bring Down Megaupload.

Peace Walker Wrote: [ -> ]I believe all that SOPA/PIPA poo poo was just a Excuse to Bring Down Megaupload.

Why would you think that?

i don't think it was exactly removed though, voting i think was on monday or tuesday, it was postponed, they want to go back to the drawing board, but wee'll see what happens, after all this is bullchocolate, wee are supposed to be in a free country, not saudi arabia, or the uae, who have some form of internet censorship

Super Hero Solar-kun Wrote: [ -> ]

Peace Walker Wrote: [ -> ]I believe all that SOPA/PIPA poo poo was just a Excuse to Bring Down Megaupload.

Why would you think that?

He's an idiot.