January 18 is blackout day in protest of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House, and the Protect IP Act in the Senate; hundreds of websites have blacked out their sites in protest. And the mainstream media, finally noticed! Welcome to the world that you've been ignoring for so long where opposition to these two anti-piracy laws has been growing for months. Source
”Reddit Co-Founder: SOPA Blackout ‘Resounding Success”
Four sponsors of PIPA have dropped out and on the SOPA side three sponsors have announced they will be removing their names. Many other members of Congress, who are not sponsors or authors of the bills, have also released public statements today signaling their opposition. So in this battle of Hollywood versus the tech industry, are the tables finally beginning to turn? Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian weighs in. Source
We have three tool time winners tonight and they're all politicians who are backing SOPA. Find out what Lamar Smith, Harry Reid, and Chris Dodd have been up to. Source