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SOPA shelved, for now
Lamar Smith has postponed the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act he authored, after facing staunch opposition from major tech/internet companies, several game developers, and a growing number of legislators. The House Judiciary Committee Chairman intended to have SOPA passed next month, but days after a number of websites (e.g. Wikipedia, Reddit, and Gamasutra) shut down to protest the bill, the Committee has suspended its consideration of the legislation for an indefinite period of time until …
