Hollywood's Anti-Piracy Campaign Runs Aground

[highplainsdem]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/idUS198322859720120118

Tech companies have fired several broadsides at Hollywood's anti-piracy initiatives this week. And while they haven't sunk it, the industry's most significant effort to reign in illegal use of its content is struggling to stay afloat.

Popular sites like Wikipedia and Reddit are shutting down Wednesday in protest, and Google will post a note on its homepage voicing opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act.

“SOPA is not going anywhere,” Art Brodsky, a spokesman for the digital rights advocacy group Public Knowledge and a major opponent, told TheWrap.

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Great headline!

[Hugabear]

1. Hollywood has been against just about EVERY major innovation over the past 30+ years

They opposed VCR's, because they didn't want people videotaping stuff.

They opposed writable CD's and DVD's because of the same reason.

They'd be just as happy if the internet disappeared completely.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Not just them, just saying