House Delays Taking Action on SOPA Until Dec. 21


Initial reports indicated that voting on the measure — which if passed would create a “blacklist” of websites that infringe on copyrights — would be pushed back to 2012.

However, Rep. Darrell Issa has since confirmed via a tweet (below) that talks regarding SOPA will continue Dec. 21, right before lawmakers depart for holiday break.

@DarrellIssa BREAKING: Judiciary has scheduled the rest of #SOPA markup next Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 9 AM EST.

In its heated two-day debate about H.R.3261 so far, the House Judiciary Committee has been deciding whether to pass the provision to the House floor. The debate unsurprisingly has pitted copyright holders such as Disney, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America against Internet freedom organizations as well as companies such as eBay, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo.

More: http://mashable.com/2011/12/16/stop-online-piracy-act-house-postponed-wednesday/