The Internet Wins: SOPA Is Dead

http://gawker.com/5877981/the-internet-wins-sopa-is-dead

The Internet Wins: SOPA Is Dead
Texas Rep. Lamar Smith shelved his terrible internet-destroying Stop Online Piracy Act today after the internet's week-long anti-SOPA freakout."I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy," Smith said in a statement. "It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products."Smith was last seen wandering the halls of Congress, shell-shocked, softly humming "Friday" to himself while muttering, "The memes... they came from the internet... my god... the memes..."

"Shelved" the idea, not gotten rid of it. meaning it'll probably return some day :(still great news though :D

what about PIPA

I read that that bill is on hold...

Replying to #4

Shit.
Untill it comes off hold and cancelled then I will sleep soundly

So ugh yeah.... we might have won the battle but not the war?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/reid-shelves-protect-ip-act-in-response-to-recent-events.ars

Replying to #6

Indeed

still I am sad that the main dl sites i used are taken down either way... so victory here is still bitter sweet.

SOPA and megaupload are not directly linked. Megaupload was taken down because they owners buried their own graves by downloading and documenting the illegal files they used.