Dodd backtracks, says anti-piracy bill SOPA is 'dead' and 'gone'

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) might be dead after all. Former senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), the chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, backtracked after suggesting the legislation could be reworked for another go-round in Congress. "It's gone. In my view, it's dead," Dodd said in an interview for Bloomberg's "Conversations with Judy Woodruff" that is set to air this weekend. Dodd had sparked talk of a SOPA revival last week when he told the Hollywood Reporter he was "confident" that talks were underway to revive the anti-piracy bill.