CENSORSHIP WATCH: SOPA more like NopeA

Congress has shelved the SOPA bill indefinitely. The White House released a statement this weekend condemning the bill, and a few hours later Congress announced they were not going to vote on it, until a “consensus could be reached”.

House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is consensus on the bill.

“While I remain concerned about Senate action on the Protect IP Act, I am confident that flawed legislation will not be taken up by this House,” Issa said in a statement. “Majority Leader Cantor has assured me that we will continue to work to address outstanding concerns and work to build consensus prior to any anti-piracy legislation coming before the House for a vote.”

Although we haven’t seen confirmation, planned protests by Reddit and other websites will likely continue this Wednesday January 18, as SOPA isn’t dead..it’s just going back for revision.  Earlier today Wikipedia announced that they would be  joining Reddit by going dark for 24 hours in protest of the proposed legislation.

Looks like the internet is winning this one.

Read more on Congress Shelving the Bill at washingtonmonthly.com.  Check out the full story on wikipedia’s protest plans at  usatoday.com.