U.S. House Judiciary Committee Member Congressman Darrell Issa revealed that Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader, has insisted that the bill will not be brought to the floor.
That essentially means that SOPA -- the controversial censorship act that would call an end to sharing of licensed content and allow licensee holders to stop websites sharing their content -- is dead.
Issa announced in a press release that said “the impact of Domain Name Service (DNS) and search engine blocking on the Internet, has been postponed following assurances that anti-piracy legislation will not move to the House floor this Congress without a consensus.”
“Majority Leader Cantor has assured me that we will continue to work to address outstanding concerns and work to build consensus prior to any anti-piracy legislation coming before the House for a vote.”
SOPA couldn't get to the House's floor without the Majority Leader’s support.
The Internet protests apparently had a big impact.
“The House of Reps heard your #stopsopa message loud and clear.”
Issa later tweeted, “Great news folks: #SOPA will not move in the House of Reps” citing President Obama’s anti-SOPA statement.
Source: Twitter