Whoah! Wait? It worked?

As was noted here yesterday, and as many witnessed, many sites went dark in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) making their way through the House and Congress. It was a warning shot to basically show what would really happen if the two bills were passed. Well, it looks like it worked. Many politicians took note and are now no longer supporting the bills.

As TechCrunch reports:

The online uproar against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in Congress is already causing some in Washington to abandon the SOPA ship. The tide began to turn this weekend when a hearing scheduled for today was canceled and the White House pushed back on some of the more controversial portions of the House bill and its Senate counterpart, the Protect IP Act (PIPA).

Already, a couple of co-sponsors of the bill are pulling their support. Representative Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) is no longer a co-sponsor, and Representative Lee Terry (R-Neb.) is also planning to remove his name from the co-sponsor list ...

Kotaku points out that Missouri rep Roy Blunt has pulled his support of PIPA and Gizmodo reports that PIPA co-sponsor Mark Rubio has abandoned the bill.

So what do you know, denying people the ability to look up inaccurate info on Wikipedia or funny comics on The Oatmeal made an impact in the government.

Sources:

The Escapist