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SOPA Update

On Dec. 15 and 16, just as Congress was preparing to go dark until after the New Year, The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary held hearings on SOPA. And what seemed destined to be a long drawn-out fight by a few in attendance who were in opposition of passing the Bill against Committee Chairman and sponsor Lamar Smith (R-TX) and its many supporters, took a bizarre and sudden turn as Day 2 restarted after lunch ' and maybe more importantly, as Representatives' flights home for recess were in danger of being missed.

26 minute read December 27, 2011 at 03:23 PM
By
Steven Salkin
SOPA Update

On Dec. 15 and 16, just as Congress was preparing to go dark until after the New Year, The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary held hearings on SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) that we reported on last issue (see, “Companies and Lobbyists on Both Sides of SOPA,” http://bit.ly/sahiiY).

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