Senate, House Put Brakes on Anti-Piracy Bills

Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, called off a scheduled vote on the online antipiracy bill that had rallied the World Wide Web and rocked Capitol Hill, and House leaders took steps to slow legislation as well. In the House, Representative Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who is chairman of…

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White House Opposes Parts of Internet Piracy Bills

The Obama administration said that it strongly opposed central elements of two Congressional efforts to enforce copyrights on the Internet, all but killing the current versions of legislation that has divided both political parties and pitted Hollywood against Silicon Valley. The comments by the administration’s chief technology officials, posted on…

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