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Day Two of the Grueling SOPA Hearings Are Underway

Adam Clark Estes 1,435 Views Dec 16, 2011

After an epically long, sometimes heated and certainly disconcerting hearing on Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee reconvened at 10 a.m. Friday morning to finish marking up the latest draft of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). So far, no amendments have been passed and with the pro-SOPA Members outnumbering the skeptics 22 to 12, it seems inevitable that the bill will be sent to the floor as is. You can watch live here, but you might want to make yourself a sandwich. This could take a while.

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Adam Clark Estes

Topics: House of Representatives, Digital Rights, Internet Piracy, Censorship, SOPA

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