Five Reasons the Internet's Still Protesting SOPA and PIPA

Over the weekend, it seemed like the anti-SOPA forces had won. The House temporarily shelved the Stop Online Piracy Act. The Senate sponsors of the Protect IP Act agreed to review the most controversial provisions. So why’s the Internet still so mad? Here are five reasons:

1. The anti-piracy bills aren’t dead yet. True, the legislation’s House and Senate backers said they’d review a controversial provision that would de-list rogue sites from the Domain Name System (DNS). That was a huge deal. Under this measure, blocked sites would still technically exist, but they couldn’t be easily accessed by U.S. browsers, a move that critics warned could fracture the neutral architecture of the Internet and cause security problems. Here’s the catch, though: The congressional backers haven’t abandoned these provisions outright — they just want more time to study them. The Senate bill is still scheduled for a vote next week. As Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) pointed out yesterday, it’s premature to write an obituary for SOPA and PIPA...