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January 23, 2012

Reid postpones vote on Internet anti-piracy bill

  • The bill has support from the entertainment industry and other businesses that lose billions to intellectual property theft and online sales of counterfeit products. Tech titans Amazon and Google oppose the bill.
    • By JIM ABRAMS
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — Yielding to strong opposition from the high tech community, Senate and House leaders said Friday they will put off further action on legislation to combat online piracy.

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he was postponing a test vote set for Tuesday “in light of recent events.” Those events included a petition drive by Google that attracted more than 7 million participants and a one-day blackout by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.


     
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