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Netflix becomes first streaming company to join the MPAA
22 Jan 2019 23:47 GMT
… join the ranks of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Tuesday, Hollywood’s most powerful … MPAA supported the passage of legislation like the Stop Online Piracy Act … (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP ACT (PIPA), both of which …
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Why Doesn't Joe Biden Have Any Tech Policy Advisors?
10 Jun 2020 22:42 GMT
… tapped a former top MPAA exec as his deputy … of SOPA-PIPA, two Hollywood-backed anti-piracy laws that … president of communications with the Motion Picture Association of America, a trade group that … the Senate, was an [intellectual property] guy," Sohn …
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Did We Miss Our Best Chance At Regulating The Internet?
25 Jan 2022 22:29 GMT
… Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate sister bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). … efforts. The RIAA and MPAA were eventually thwarted when Internet … after that, SOPA and PIPA were shelved, Spotify sold a … accomplish in killing SOPA and PIPA?
We thwarted a bill …
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Hollywood Believes The Time Is Ripe To Bring Back SOPA
10 Apr 2024 19:03 GMT
… (and its Senate companion, PIPA) were bills pushed strongly … is thriving, and that piracy was never a particularly … the connection between digital pirates and their intended audience. … , copyright, pipa, prior restraint, site blocking, sopa
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