Wednesday Stop Online Piracy BIll Markup Canceled

The House Judiciary Committee has canceled its planned Wednesday, Dec. 21, continuation of the markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

That came as Republicans were deciding whether to release members to head home Wednesday after the votes Tuesday related to the paytoll tax extension bill and other unfinished business.

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.