Friday, January 20, 2012

On the Death of SOPA and PIPA?

Good news!! Today the U.S. Senate and Congress delayed votes on SOPA and PIPA, saying that they need to rethink them after massive internet and real-world protests over the past few weeks. A link to the BBC story on this matter is posted below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16655272

The internet is not out of the woods yet, however. The bills still may be voted on in the future, and a new bill named OPEN is being worked on as we speak. At least this time an open dialogue with the internet community is being held before OPEN comes up for vote. Hopefully this bill will help eliminate internet piracy without crushing sites like Wikipedia and without threatening free speech.

Either way, the news received today was good. I am sure we will soon see what the next battlefield turns out to be...

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