On its official blog, the MPAA describes Condé Nast-owned news site Ars Technica as a "blog with a long history of challenging efforts to curb content theft." Consider it a window to the MPAA's soul.
MPAA claims Ars Technica helps thieves
Senator Chris Dodd [D], father of SOPA, is stepping down as MPAA boss
Chris Dodd (previously) was once a Democratic senator who decried politicians who became lobbyists; then he became one of the highest-paid and least competent lobbyists in DC, taking the helm… READ THE REST
Warner Bros flags its own website as a piracy portal in copyright takedowns
It turns out that asking a piece of software to decide which websites should be censored and which ones are legitimate has some problems, which I think comes as a… READ THE REST
The MPAA lobbyist who wrote SOPA will help draft the Democratic Party platform
"Hollywood" Howard Berman, former-Congressman-turned-MPAA-lobbyist is one of the 15-member panel selected by the Democratic Party establishment to draft the party's platform for this summer's convention. READ THE REST
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