SOPA/PIPA Blackout Working: Bills Lose Three Co-Sponsors

Blackouts by sites like Wikipedia and Reddit in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act seem to be having some effect. One Senate co-sponsor of PIPA and two House co-sponsors of SOPA pulled their names from the proposed legislation today.

The LA Times has the story:

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) withdrew as a co-sponsor of the Protect IP Act in the Senate, while Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) said they were pulling their names from the companion House bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act.

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