Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Revised

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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the chief sponsor of the Stop Online Privacy (sic) Act (SOPA) said Friday he would remove a controversial provision from the bill until further study takes place.

[Blogger note: The insertion of Privacy instead of Piracy is possibly due to a typographical error or maybe a spell-check error but I suspect it's a case of deniable editorial discretion, hinting the law attacks online privacy despite what it is intended to do.]

"After consultation with industry groups across the country, I feel we should remove Domain Name System blocking from the Stop Online Piracy Act so that the Committee can further examine the issues surrounding this provision," Smith said in a statement.

Domain Name System blocking was a key part of the SOPA legislation that blocked foreign websites accused of copyright infringement.

A similar move is expected in the Senate version of the legislation, called the Protect IP Act (PIPA).