(January 16 2012) The Stop Online Piracy Act hit a wall over the weekend after The White House came out against the bill. The Hill reports on comments from house oversight chairman Darrell Issa, who was assured by majority leader Eric Cantor that more work was needed “to address outstanding concerns and work to build consensus prior to any anti-piracy legislation coming before the House for a vote.”
Shortly before that statement, SOPA sponsor chairman Lamar Smith offered to make significant concessions to the section of the bill that would require ISPs to block offending sites, but it wasn’t enough. SOPA’s Senate counterpart, the Protect IP Act, is still on the table, however.
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SOPA stalls in the face of White House opposition
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