Leahy Plans Amendment to Controversial Piracy Bill
Wyden responds he will still filibuster proposal
It looks like the aggressive campaign spearheaded by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to change the course of debate in Congress over how to stop foreign websites from stealing U.S. content or selling counterfeit goods is starting to pay off.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-author of the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, said on Vermont Public Radio that he was working to craft a managers' amendment to the bill addressing some of the concerns raised by the proposal's opponents, specifically the provision that would call for the blocking of domain names.
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