Congress has dropped SOPA and the senate has given up on PIPA. Both pieces of legislation are likely to return in the future, with new names and different wording/ideas, bit for now, the most imminent danger is past. We won this round.
Bragging rights, internet grassroots. Major bragging rights.
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Originally Posted by Ars Technica
"Supporters of the Internet deserve credit for pressing advocates of SOPA and PIPA to back away from an effort to ram through controversial legislation," Issa said in a Friday statement. "Over the last two months, the intense popular effort to stop SOPA and PIPA has defeated an effort that once looked unstoppable."
"Postponing the Senate vote on PIPA removes the imminent threat to the Internet, but it's not over yet," Issa continued. "Copyright infringement remains a serious problem and any solution must be targeted, effective, and consistent with how the Internet works."
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