President Obama proves he gets it on the online piracy issue

[Commentary] President Barack Obama re-established his credibility on technology issues and scored a victory for Silicon Valley with his statement that he does not support the damaging portions of proposed legislation designed to combat online piracy. But the valley can't rest easy. The President clearly gets the importance of freedom of speech on the Web and the harm the current legislation could do to Internet companies. However, President Obama stopped short of saying he would veto the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, as written. This fight is far from over. It's time to put some of their brightest minds together in a room and find a way to help Congress modify its online piracy legislation.