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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
... but the deciding factor for me is that it's the Entertainment Industry that's behind it, and they (the music part anyway) is responsible for screwing artists out of more money than downloading ever will. They're upset that individuals are doing to them what they've done to musicians for decades. The 500-gallon pot is in this case calling the 1-cup kettle black.
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Agreed. It is all about money and profit. It is not about combating actual piracy as it is the Entertainment Industry using the American Government as a brute squad to collect lost revenue. Given recent events, I suspect the entire SOPA/PIPA bill was just legal smoke and mirrors for the sole purpose of shutting down Megaupload. Given the date of the indictment and the time it can take to get paperwork, the architects of SOPA apparently expected this to pass with little trouble or problems. The move against Megaupload was going to happen. However, the Entertainment Industry did not expect the backlash to keep the bill from becoming law and made the raid ill-timed. The reaction to that from the internet was obvious.