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January 18, 2012 09:27 pm GMT
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In Face Of Protests, Congressmen Begin To Abandon SOPA Ship
The online uproar against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in Congress is already causing some in Washington to abandon the SOPA ship. A couple of co-sponsors of the bill are pulling their support. Representative Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) is no longer a co-sponsor, and Representative Lee Terry (R-Neb.) is also planning to remove his name from the co-sponsor list, according to Politico. One Congressman, Representative Justin Amash (R-Mich.) is even joining the protest movement. He changed his Facebook profile picture and added the added the note below to his Facebook page.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Iv6Dxstx8rc/
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