Holy moly. We did it -- at least for now. The House Judiciary Committee looked certain to vote for the Stop Online Piracy Act today. Instead, because of the work of so many rank-and-file Internet users, the bill's lead sponsor acknowledged that our concerns are legitimate, and adjourned the committee without holding a vote!

Here's Wired's take:

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Have you woken up from your food coma yet? We don't have any time to waste.

Sources tell us that Senate leadership could call for a vote on the Internet censorship bill as early as this week, which is why we're trying to line up as many people as possible to call the Senate on Tuesday.

Ten thousand people have signed up so far, which is awesome. But ( Read more... )

The Internet Censorship Bill took a massive beating last week (yeah, you did that!) but drug companies, movie studios and the Chamber of Commerce do *not* go down easy.

Now-- get this-- they're telling Congress it's a "jobs" bill.

This is dangerous. Everyone in Congress is desperate to do something to create jobs. Now the most powerful lobbies in ( Read more... )

So, American Congress is trying to break the internet. Watch this video and tell me this isn't fscking messed up, and more than a little terrifying. Americans, PLEASE go sign this protest right away - we cannot let this happen!

And those of you who don't live in the US, don't even think this won't affect you. How many of the websites you frequent ( Read more... )