Updates on SOPA, PIPA, and OPEN

January 16, 2012 – Mike Masnick from TechDirt explains the current status of SOPA and PIPA:

Issa‘s office put out a press release Friday night with Cantor‘s comments (I can pass along the press release if you‘d like). Others have confirmed that Cantor has said that and that he‘s „serious“ about not bringing it to the floor any time soon, though he has not made a public statement.
As for PIPA… Just yesterday, Reid reiterated his plans to bring the bill to the floor, saying that it was important for „jobs“ even as he admitted that the „recent“ concerns brought up by „Google & Facebook“ are legitimate and he‘s worried about the impact the bill will have on the internet. But, he also claimed, he‘s working with Dianne Feinstein to sort out all the problems, since she represents both Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Kinda crazy since Feinstein, just weeks ago, insisted that no one in tech was upset about the bill…