Congress Postpones Online Piracy Bills

On January 20, 2012, US Congress, under public onslaught from Google and millions of digital masses, postponed Senate-introduced Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and House-introduced Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). On January 18, 2012, Wikipidea and other web sites have escalated the pressure on Congress, Hollywood and traditional media by staging a 24-hour blackout. The PIPA and SOPA intend to seek court orders against foreign websites for copyrights infringement, and prohibit online advertisers and credit card businesses to carry out transactions against the alleged violators.