Congress ready to scrap SOPA as support dries up

Published on January 16th, 2012 22:37

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Lack of consensus could scupper bill as White House and games industry giants pull backing

The US Congress could be ready to drop the controversial SOPA bill after House majority leader Eric Cantor said there would be no vote “unless there is consensus on the bill”.
The claim comes from Californian congressman Darrell Issa, who is opposed to SOPA, who says Cantor had told him the action would be taken if no agreement could be reached, despite late reforms to the bill.

The latest blow to the Stop Online Piracy Act comes after president Barack Obama said he would not support the bill in its current form, whilst games industry giants such as Sony, Nintendo and EA have also pulled their backing from the bill.  
The White House said in a statement that it would not support such legislation that “reduces freedom of expression, increases cyber security risks on undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet”.
SOPA is currently undergoing a major revision to alleviate suspicions that the legislation would pave the way for online censorship, with the DNS-blocking stipulation of the bill to be scrapped.

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BruceyBonus - January 18th, 2012, 08:37
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Great to see that there is such little support for theSOPA bill. It was a nice move by wikipedia to blackout in protest. The online community is incredibly strong when it needs to be.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16590585

Xorad - January 19th, 2012, 10:35
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Originally Posted by BruceyBonus

Great to see that there is such little support for theSOPA bill. It was a nice move by wikipedia to blackout in protest. The online community is incredibly strong when it needs to be.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16590585

it wasn't really a blackout though, was it? I thought they would have the balls to actually disable it for good, instead of putting a java thingy in front of pages... kinda disappointing.

Lauryn - January 23rd, 2012, 15:26
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Let's hope things will stay the same. I can't imagine not being able to freely acces wikipedia from the comfort of my home