Breaking: SOPA is Dead... For Now

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SOPA has been pulled by Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of the bill.

From Mashable:

Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill “until there is wider agreement on a solution.”

“I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy,” Smith (R-Texas) told Reuters. “It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.”


Deviants have voiced their opinion with over 25,000 comments on deviantART's SOPA article. To protest the bill, artists submitted thousands of "Deviation Censored" images to deviantART over the past few days. DeviantART's "Newest" stream was flooded with "censored" artwork.

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eiidolon's avatar
It's coming back
They planned it all out without us knowing
They're going to arrest us for fan art an stuff