Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

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This goes back to the Hollywood Accounting tricks I was talking about earlier.

Wil Wheaton Says Chris Dodd Is Lying About Lost Jobs; Says MPAA Accounting Creates More Losses Than Piracy | Techdirt

Will Wheaton, of Star Trek fame and more recently as a Recurring Guest on The Big Bang Theory where he plays himself.

I have lost more money to creative accounting, and American workers have lost more jobs to runaway production, than anything associated with what the MPAA calls piracy. Chris Dodd is lying about piracy costing us jobs. Hollywood’s refusal to adapt to changing times is what’s costing the studios money. That’s it.

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA - Forbes
Got a even darker cloud on the horizon.

If Chris Dodd thought the blackouts for SOPA and PIPA were an abuse of power wait until he sees how hard the world pushes back against ACTA. I mean to think of how involved people got in other countries over a piece of US legislation. Now imagine how hard those same people will protest when it their own countries become directly involved.

Ironically these antipiracy measures have been discussed for a while with a limited amount of talk towards implementation. People were sure back in November that SOPA was going to pass and it got annihilated once mass awareness was raised.

ACTA has been around since April 2010. The reason people don't care yet is because for now it's only a threat. Trust me once ACTA goes on the fast track heads will roll. It'll make the SOPA blackout look like a bottlerocket in comparison.