The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) will not be passed.

Supporters of the bill ran out of time to put it before Congress and must now wait until after the US mid-term elections, at the very least.

Opponents of the bill remain cautious however. "Make no mistake (…) this bill will be back soon enough, and Congress will again need to hear from concerned citizens like you," wrote the Electronic Frontier Foundation on its website in a blog post entitled "Victory: Internet Censorship Bill is Delayed".

Some fear the bill would pass easily if put before Congress as both sides of the American political landscape seem to be in favour of legislation of this kind.