SOPA will not move forward in the House. The bill was cancelled and yanked from the floor. Is it dead? Currently it does look like it has been put on a back burner. Could it be resurrected? Maybe, if a consensus is reached.
Why was the legislation pulled? Because of "outstanding concerns". Does that resolve the issue for now. No, PIPA is still a major concern, and that is a bill that is currently in the Senate.
And because of PIPA, many sites are going to participate in a blackout on Wednesday, January 18th to protest the legislation.
Some of the big sites that will go dark on the 18th is:
- Wikipedia
- Mozilla
- Boing Boing
So if you see something like this:
"This site has been blocked in protest of the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) two bills which will allow the government to censor the internet. Find out more at americancensorship.org or the video below. This website will return at 8pm."Assume that it is protesting the SOPA and PIPA act on censorship that is before the Senate and Congress.
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