U.s.: Senate to Delay Vote on Anti-piracy Bill Online

U.S.: Senate to delay vote on anti-piracy bill online

U. S. The Senate postponed scheduled to vote next Tuesday on internet piracy law, under consideration in Congress, because of the recent protests against the project, said Friday the head of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Harry Reid.

“Given recent events, I have decided to postpone a vote on Tuesday” on the bill on the protection of copyright, Reid said in a statement after the protest movement unprecedented done online this week Wikipedia and Google, among others.

“There is no legitimate reason for the problems raised by many in this bill can not be resolved,” said Reid.

“We have made good progress through the discussions we have held in recent days and I am optimistic that we can make a commitment in the coming weeks,” he said.

U. S. Congressional support for legislation, the Act Protecting IP (IP Protection, or PIP by the acronym in English) in the Senate and Stop Piracy Law Online (online piracy Detention, Sopa) in the House have been eroded due to protests that the online show as a threat to Internet freedom.

The English version of Wikipedia free online encyclopedia that can not be accessed for 24 hours Wednesday and the Google logo is covered with a black ribbon on the version of your site in the United States in protest against the proposed legislation.

House Speaker, Republican John Boehner said Wednesday that there was “a lack of consensus on this matter” and will require further work on commission.

In a statement, Reid said that “counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars and thousands of jobs every year” and that “only in the movie industry has done more than 2.2 million jobs”.

“We must take steps to end illegal practices,” Boehner insisted. “We live in a country where people legitimately expect to be paid fairly for the work day.”

Reid urged one of the promoters of this bill, Senator Patrick Leahy to “remain engaged with all parties to achieve a balance between protecting U.S. intellectual property and maintain the openness and innovation on the Internet.”

Another of the senators who support the legal protection of IP, Senator Marco Rubio, withdrew his support on Wednesday said that Congress should “avoid the rush on draft legislation that can have many unintended consequences” in the network.

After the announcement Reid, Chairman of the Congressional Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith, author of SUP bill, issued a statement announcing that the committee “defer consideration of the bill until a consensus about the solution width”.

Before the decision to postpone the vote, a U.S. court has ordered the closure Megaupload.com and New Zealand police on Friday arrested the founder and three more in charge of the attacks against downloading illegal files on the Internet, the collective reaction sparked Anonymous piracy.

FBI (U.S. Federal Police) and the Department of Justice estimated in a statement that it is one of the most “major cases of copyright infringement that had been treated in America.”

Megaupload.com closure announcement was followed by retaliation for piracy the collective Anonymous, who said on Twitter has been put out of the pages of Justice Department, the record company Universal Music and the RIAA disc association, which remains inaccessible to most of Thursday.

Meanwhile, Google said Friday it has collected more than 7 million signatures in support of the application that asks Congress to vote “no” for an anti-piracy bill.

Aspects of the home page of the Wikipedia site on Wednesday, in black to protest U.S. anti-piracy law. U. S. Senate vote scheduled for Tuesday was postponed on internet piracy law, under consideration in Congress, because of the recent protests against the project, said Friday the head of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Harry Reid.

Capturing the screen where you can view the images that Google shows on Wednesday, with the logo covered, in the U.S. anti-piracy laws. U. S. Senate vote scheduled for Tuesday was postponed on internet piracy law, under consideration in Congress, because of protests recently against the project.

The Internet entrepreneur, Kim Kim Schmiz, known as the Dotcom-the Munich court on May 25, 2002. The four prisoners, Dotcom, the Netherlands Bram van der Kolk and German Mathias Ortmann Finn-Batata and will appear in court on Monday. U.S. demands extradition.