denverpost:

Internet crackdown shows cracks as Sen. Bennet of Colorado backs away from anti-piracy legislation

Allison Sherry writes:

Last year, the Senate version passed unanimously out of a committee with broad Republican and Democratic support. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, was among 40 co-sponsors of the legislation. But Tuesday, Bennet backed away from supporting it in its current form.

Sen. Mark Udall, also a Colorado Democrat, does not support the measure. He said Tuesday that it could be “a bill looking for a problem.”

Rep. Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat and an Internet entrepreneur, has been a leading opponent of the measure. In protest, Polis entered the lyrics of “The Internet Is for Porn” into the Congressional Record in December.

• Read the rest of Allison’s examination of the state of SOPA and PIPA
• View images of sites as they appear during the Jan. 18, 2012 “blackout”

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