Nerd News: Some Results From SOPA & PIPA Blackout

We are seeing a response to the Blackouts against SOPA/PIPA.  One of the most interesting to me, is that "up to 18 Senators, of which seven are former co-sponsors" of PIPA have now said they are against PIPA (PIPA is the Senate sister bill to the SOPA bill in the House).

To get seven of the Co Sponsors in the Senate to change position is a pretty big deal IMO.

Another item to note, is Rep. Darrell Issa announced a different bill, called OPEN Act, as a compromise or alternative to SOPA.  More information at http://issa.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=949&Itemid=28&Itemid=4

From what I have seen online Rep. Issa supported the blackout, but I don't enough yet to know if OPEN would be a real improvement over SOPA.