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On January 18, 2012, [[Wikipedia]], [[Google]], [[Craigslist]] and numerous other websites protested both the Senate and House versions of the bill by either blanking out their sites or requiring users to read statements about the bills. By the end of the day, both SOPA and PIPA had lost congressional support.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marco-rubio-orrin-hatch-drop-pipa-support-as-wikipedia-google-protest-online-piracy-legislation/2012/01/19/gIQA5Ev1AQ_story.html Marco Rubio, Orrin Hatch drop PIPA support as Wikipedia, Google protest online piracy legislation] washingtonpost.com, January 19, 2012, retrieved January 19, 2012</ref>
It is a revamped version of Leahy's failed 2010 bill, the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act(COICA).
==See also==
==External links==
*[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s112-968 S. 968: Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011] Text of the bill at govtrack.us
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