Chris Dodd, former Senator who once said he would never become a political lobbiest and who is now the head of the MPAA, said this:
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Dodd blames the bills' reduced support on a slow timeline that allowed opposition to mobilize, but also on a strategy that ended up making the anti-piracy effort seem specifically about helping Hollywood.
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http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/20/27...egy-compromise
So he doesn't see anything wrong with the legislation (and why would he - the MPAA is paying him $1+ Million per year), it was just that they didn't ramrod it through fast enough.
You know they are going to try again. Unless the big tech firms get into the lobbying game the big media moguls have bought and paid for the legislation.
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Lobbying is one art form the entertainment industry doesn’t mind investing heavily in: SOPA’s 32 co-sponsors received four times more in campaign contributions from the entertainment industry than from the tech industry. We shouldn’t be surprised that SOPA is as bad as it is; we should be surprised it’s not worse.
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http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/18/27...e-fate-of-sopa
(that article is an unsurprising yet very depressing read)
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