<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Please pardon the fundraising aspects of this e-mail. It contains good news about SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. The hearing and possible vote scheduled for Dec 21st was put off for now.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">John Thielking</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Forwarded Message -----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> David Moon <info@demandprogress.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> John Thielking <pagesincolor@yahoo.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, December 20, 2011 4:14 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> That was close<BR></FONT><BR>
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<div><A href="http://act.demandprogress.org/go/218?akid=1098.298162.5rWt7t&t=1" rel=nofollow target=_blank><IMG style="FLOAT: right" alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.demandprogress.org/images/censored.laptop.png" width=200 height=200></A>John</div>
<div>Wow -- That was close: After threatening to hold a vote this week, the House Judiciary Committee just cancelled tomorrow's hearing on SOPA! </div>
<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px">WASHINGTON POST: The House Judiciary Committee confirmed Tuesday that it will delay continuing debate on the Stop Online Piracy Act until after Congress returns from its winter recess.</div>
<div><B>In January of one year ago it looked like Internet censorship legislation could pass in a matter of months. But then Demand Progress members stepped in: We've pushed the legislation back a full year, and now it's on the ropes.</B></div>
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<div>Demand Progress is doing everything in our power to make sure that our members' voices are heard in the halls of power and to save the Internet from this horrendous legislation:</div>
<div>We've organized press conferences on Capitol Hill, hosted policy briefings. We've delivered countless petitions to Congress, and met with the White House as they consider whether to oppose SOPA and its Senate cousin, the PROTECT IP Act.</div>
<div><B><STRONG>We've repeatedly been slammed by the Chamber of Commerce, the Motion Picture Assocaition of America, and other censorship proponents -- proving the importance of our work and the righteousness of our cause.</STRONG></B></div>
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<div>Most importantly, we've driven hundreds of thousands of constituent contacts to Congress -- And helped lead an unprecedented coalition of activist groups, websites, and tech firms which together have helped more than 3 million people send anti-censorship emails and make anti-censorship phone calls to Congress and the White House.</div>
<div><B>But the fight isn't over yet: The Senate is still threatening to hold a vote in January, and we need to make sure we're in a position to keep pushing back. We've proved that our voices make a real difference, but we can't afford to let up one bit.</B></div>
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<div>The Demand Progress team</div>
<div>PS: We know we've been sending a ton of emails over the last few weeks -- we promise it'll calm down a bit over the next couple of weeks, now that the most immediate threat is behind us.</div>
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