SOPA Vote Delayed

Delayed... till Wednesday.

I can hear the glass that was the internet shattering from the future.

Mike Masnick: Update.... Or not. Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as possible, before the momentum of opposition builds up even further.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111216/11102617108/sopa-m...

Or not http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111216/11102617108/sopa-m... "Or not. Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as possible, before the momentum of opposition builds up even further."

Can I express shock for a moment: first, Mike Lee voting against the defense appropriation bill, then Jason Chaffetz moving to put this on hold. I'm so used to Utah politicians like Hatch and Bennet that it is incredibly surprising to be proud of my state's representatives for a change.

Just to note that the provision granting immunity to banks who pre-emptively blacklist "illegal" sites also breaks the contract law system...

The next step is will be... robbers are allowed to break into anyone's house and take their money - well as long as the robbers "think" the people are terrorists/counterfeiters/bad-people... (and as long as the robbers are ... cops).

I'm no expert, but this really sucks that we've reached this point. Can we just come up with a better bill? Why does it have to be this one that every media corp wants to go through.

Is the fact that Google and Facebook alone are worth more than the combined market capitalization of the entire entertainment sector getting any play in this discussion?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=entertainment+industry+...

Did Congress just realize they could manufacture a few extra days for the media companies to bump up their contributions?

even if the security claims are "overstated," that's about the only argument that congressmen have paid attention to. If I was a congressman who only worried about getting re-elected, I certainly wouldn't want to be known as one of the men who "voted to censor the internet" by my opponents next election.