“I Hope Your Balls Turn to Bicycle Wheels and Backpedal Up Your Ass”

SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith (R-TX) announced that he would be pulling the DNS-blocking provisions from his own bill. “After consultation with industry groups across the country, I feel we should remove Domain Name System blocking from the Stop Online Piracy Act so that the Committee can further examine the issues surrounding this provision,” Smith said in a Friday statement.

A good beginning to the end of a devastating piece of legislature.