Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) delayed the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate by placing a hold on the legislation last year. That hold kept the bill from coming to the consideration of the full Senate after it was unanimously voted out of the Judiciary Committee—and gave time for the Internet to rally against it. The delay proved useful; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) today canceled a planned vote to end Wyden's hold, one scheduled for next Tuesday. PROTECT IP appears, in its current form, to be dead.
I spoke to Wyden yesterday about his opposition to the bill, and about his strategy for moving forward.
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