Friday, January 20, 2012

SOPA is DEAD Or At Least In A Deep Coma

We can rest easy knowing that the vote for the Stop Online Piracy Act has been postponed. We don't have to worry about being put in jail over a tweet, blog, or other type of meme. They have to iron out more details considering that the enforcing of the bills as they stand would put vital websites to America in overly compromising positions.

Chairman Lamar Smith on the senate released a statement saying:
"I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy."
It seems that all those site blackouts like Wikipedia, and the digital protesting on twitter, facebook, and the like really worked. This is yet another example of social media being an excellent vehicle for voicing the word of the people. If you want to know how this PIPA/SOPA ordeal has played out Mashable has detailed timeline in this article. I'm going to beef up to a whopping two blog posts per day starting next week. How do you plan to exercise your freedom? Leave a comment with your answer.

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