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Title: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: Fly on January 19, 2012, 06:33:57 PM

Up to date news all seems very confusing. Different websites reporting different things.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/sopa-pipa-opponents.html (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/sopa-pipa-opponents.html)

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: therealjr on January 19, 2012, 08:07:34 PM

As far as I can see surfing the US news sites they are still debating it but a lot of the yeahs have become nays after yesterdays protests

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: Fly on January 19, 2012, 08:17:15 PM

Personaly think it will be delayed, but will come back with a few amendments  ::)

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: Pete on January 20, 2012, 11:19:11 AM

This shows the effect on the US politicians for and against SOPA over the 24 hour backout

(http://www.ichesterfield.co.uk/images/votes.jpg)

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: therealjr on January 20, 2012, 12:11:47 PM

Interesting that on the 18th there were 111 congressmen with a stated position and one day later there were 166. So in other words 55 of them had been sitting on the fence to see what effect the 'strike' would have!!!

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: Pete on January 20, 2012, 12:23:17 PM

>> 55 of them had been sitting on the fence

Politicians? Sitting on the fence? Surely not... :o

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: Fly on January 21, 2012, 06:52:05 AM

Certainley looks delayed now.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/21/us-usa-congress-internet-idUSTRE80J10X20120121 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/21/us-usa-congress-internet-idUSTRE80J10X20120121)

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: christa on January 21, 2012, 03:32:29 PM

I think that this time around they will consult someone before throwing up a new
bill to the Congress regarding this.
The so called "experts" they claimed had looked into this probably only existed in
their imagination.

But this isn't finished yet. It will be back, that's for sure.

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: Pete on January 21, 2012, 04:57:05 PM

Anyone got any idea why Twitter didn't go support the cause?

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: christa on January 21, 2012, 05:13:56 PM

Quote from: Pete on January 21, 2012, 04:57:05 PM

Anyone got any idea why Twitter didn't go support the cause?

They did...just didn't do the blackout. Since Twitter is about networking I think that less people would have
known about SOPA/PIPA and the blackout if it hadn't been for Twitter. Some sites are more tools than others
and Twitter belong to those, so a blackout there would have done more harm than good.

Title: Re: SOPA, Delayed or not.
Post by: Pete on January 21, 2012, 05:45:49 PM

Gotcha  :-[