the on-line protest of the stop online piracy act (sopa) and the protect ip act (pipa), particularly wikipedia‘s blackout on january 18, was a success, at least for the moment.
wikipedia jan18, 2012
this article reports waffling by u.s. politicians using a good example of the phrasal verb back down which means to concede or retire from a confrontation and two examples of withdraw, previously discussed on richyrocks.com
Politicians back down on piracy law following web protest
Senators Roy Blunt, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, John Boozman and Marco Rubio withdrew support for PIPA, with Rubio saying over Facebook: “Instead, we should take more time to address the concerns raised by all sides, and come up with new legislation that addresses internet piracy while protecting free and open access to the internet.”
Congressman Ben Quayle, who co-sponsored SOPA, said dealing with piracy was still important. “However, Representative Quayle believes that as the bill currently stands, it could have unintended consequences that need to be addressed before moving forward and these concerns led him to withdraw his name as a co-sponsor,” his spokesman told a US newspaper.
despite the victory, wikipedia founder jimmy wales says sopa & pipa are not dead
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