Senate Postpones Vote on Internet Piracy Bill

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/technology/senate-postpones-piracy-vote.html?hp

Vote on Internet Piracy Bill has been postponed by senate. The hot topic these days is about the PIPA and the SOPA. On one hand, these two acts are supported by movie studios, recording companies and book publishing industry. On the other hand, lots of Internet companies, such as Google, Facebook and Twitter are against the bills, which also leads to some rallies. Obviously, a vast agreement hasn't been reached. However, Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader also indicated the issue was just postponed but not died.

From this news, I knew two sides of arguments. While as this article as a whole, it is very neutral. There are several citations of other people's point of views, but the author doesn't show any personal opinion.

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I finally understand what my parents and grandparents feel like talking about stuff I learn in school that they lived through. I am a redditor on reddit.com, which I believe (though I'm not 100% sure) is where the protest movement largely started. To be a part of this protest and have watched it unfold is very cool. It also is exciting that the protests had the power to postpone the bill. I know that they are planning to continue the protests on a larger scale, such as a Black March where they will not buy ANYTHING (CDs, movies, movie tickets, videogames) so it will be very interesting to see what influence internet-users and companies can have on this legislation.

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