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In wake of Web blackout, SOPA/PIPA support weakens

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Technolog - In wake of Web blackout, SOPA/PIPA support weakens

As websites from Wikipedia to Wired went dark Wednesday to protest anti-piracy bills, some co-sponsors of the legislation in Congress said they're withdrawing their support for the bills.

Pulling out were: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), who was a co-sponsor of the Protect IP Act in the Senate, as well as Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), John Boozman (R-Arkansas) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), according to the AP; and Reps. Lee Terry (R-Nebraska), Ben Quayle (R-Arizona) and Rep. Rick Larsen, (D-Washington), who said they had been in support of a similar measure in the House, the Stop Online Piracy Act.
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Looks like some sense has actually prevailed over on capital hill. The internet will live on.
 
I'm against anything that threatens my precious Wiki access. I would just die without it. :boohoo:
 
And now Hollywood is pissed off at Obama:

Internet sites on their SOPA-Strike may be conducting a blackout but Hollywood studios are conducting a boycott. I’ve learned that Hollywood studio chiefs individually and as a group are drawing a line in the sand on the piracy issue with the Obama re-election campaign and refusing to give any more donations. The blowup came after President Obama on Saturday dashed moguls’ hopes that he would remain on the sidelines in the dispute over the U.S. House Of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act and the U.S. Senate’s Protect IP Act.
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Technolog - In wake of Web blackout, SOPA/PIPA support weakens



Looks like some sense has actually prevailed over on capital hill. The internet will live on.
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Some good news.But I suspect they will still continue to push this.But instead of if being SOPA or PIPA it will have some other name,or they'll try to pass it pieces or they will attach it to a totally unrelated bill.One thing people should remember is that democrats enjoy kissing big business butt and tossing their salad just as much as republicans do.So don't think this issue is far from over.
 
Not watching video, but 'the day lolcats died' is very funny.
 
Good. Those bills, to me, were complete garbage.
 
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