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I read a theory somewhere the whole sopa could be an inside job by the obama administration. Obama's approval rating isn't very high and probably would not get elected again. However, the obama administration stated that they do not support sopa and plan to overturn it. This way obama can gain more support for the upcoming election.
Before any critisms i must disclose that i know nothing about u.s. politics, just thought this theory does make sense Posted via RS Mobile
I read a theory somewhere the whole sopa could be an inside job by the obama administration. Obama's approval rating isn't very high and probably would not get elected again. However, the obama administration stated that they do not support sopa and plan to overturn it. This way obama can gain more support for the upcoming election.
Before any critisms i must disclose that i know nothing about u.s. politics, just thought this theory does make sense Posted via RS Mobile
Sounds like a theory you'd hear on Fox News. Considering this legislation was co-written by the Republicans, I would say this is not an inside job. There's too much cash being thrown around by lobbyists from the Film and Music Industry for this to be something orchestrated for Obama's re-election.
The growing anti-SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) support that has swept through the gaming and Internet community found a very big ally today. With websites like Reddit and Wikipedia and gaming organizations like Major League Gaming prepared for a blackout on January 18th – the same day that the House Judiciary Committee hearing on HR 3261was scheduled in Washington, DC – President Barack Obama has stepped in and said he would not support the bill.
SOPA has been delayed, for now. The House has agreed to revisit the issue next month, but they now know the White House will veto any bill that’s not more narrowly focused.
Much to the chagrin of Hollywood, the Entertainment Software Association (which has been a backer of the bill from early on), and Internet domain company GoDaddy.com (which lost many accounts as a result of its support for the bill); SOPA has been shelved. The Motion Picture Association of America, one of the bill’s largest sponsors, is expected to regroup.
California congressman Darrell Issa, who has been opposed to the bill from the beginning, praised the Internet action that has swept like a virus across the Web the past week.
“The voice of the Internet community has been heard,” said Issa. “Much more education for members of Congress about the workings of the Internet is essential if anti-piracy legislation is to be workable and achieve broad appeal.”
But there remains another similar bill, Protect IP (the Enforcing and Protecting American Rights Against Sites Intent on Theft and Exploitation Act), that poses a problem for gamers and Internet users. This legislation is scheduled to go before the Senate on January 24th.
Both SOPA and Protect IP attempt to combat online piracy by preventing American search engines like Google and Yahoo from directing users to sites distributing stolen content. Both bills also would enable people and companies to sue if their copyright was infringed. Obama has come out against both bills, which killed SOPA and puts pressure on senators come January 24th. The full White House response can be read here.
“Any provision covering Internet intermediaries such as online advertising networks, payment processors, or search engines must be transparent and designed to prevent overly broad private rights of action that could encourage unjustified litigation that could discourage startup businesses and innovative firms from growing,” said The White House. “We expect and encourage all private parties, including both content creators and Internet platform providers working together, to adopt voluntary measures and best practices to reduce online piracy.”
Just like piracy itself, this debate isn’t over. Expect more bills to move forward, although the wording in future legislation is expected to be more narrowly focused in an attempt to appease the current administration. But given the current economic climate and the upcoming Presidential election, there could be a different administration entering The White House soon, changing the landscape for these types of bills.
If you see the White House invaded by aliens, blown up by laser beams or bombed by terrorists in any of the big summer blockbusters this year, consider it a subtle hint to the Oval Office by way of Hollywood.
After US President Barack Obama demanded revamped provisions in the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, Los Angeles film executives are rescinding their support of the commander-in-chief.
While Hollywood hot-shots were in the past major contributors to the 2008 campaign for Barack Obama, movie execs are heated up over the presidents halting of SOPA. On the West Coast, filmmakers and affiliated are insisting that the move is a major blow to the movie industry and it will only further encourage an Internet already ripe with pirated motion pictures.
Under the proposed SOPA legislation, both websites and Web surfers involved in sharing copyrighted material would be imposed with hefty fines and imprisonment, imposing a government-sanctioned firewall of sorts to shut down a large chunk of the Web. Advocates for an open Internet have protested in droves against both SOPA and its sister legislation, the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, and a massive campaign against them both on Wednesday this week brought thousands of websites down to show the impact the laws could have. Search engine giant Google warned users of the acts’ implications on Wednesday, and both Wikipedia and Reddit turned their sites black for the day. On Twitter, users used the microblogging sight to tweet opposition to SOPA and for a while the term “Save Porn” became the top trending topic in America, as passed legislation would no-doubt cripple the online adult entertainment industry.
Although Obama has won the favor of much of Silicon Valley by striking down SOPA for now, downstate in the Hollywood Hills, executives are furious that the president has put his foot down on the legislation, potentially allowing for the sharing and pirating of films to continue endlessly.
In Los Angeles, execs are fearful of the consequences and are revoking their support. For Obama’s re-election campaign, that could be one big dent in his 2012 fundraising efforts out west.
President Obama has managed to garner substantial support from the Internet and computer tech industry, although the Democratic National Committee has, as of September 30, 2011, received around $1 million more from the Hollywood and entertainment industry than their Silicon Valley counterparts. Among those that are at the top of the donor list are DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenerg, who personally has raised more than $500,000 for Obama’s re-election so far and has contributed $2 million to a super PAC with similar viewpoints.
If the backlash already aimed at Barack is any indication, however, the amount in the money well might begin to dry up.
“We just feel very let down by the administration and Obama for not supporting us,” one anonymous movie exec tells the Hollywood-geared website Deadline.
Another executive, who is identified only as a well known movie mogul and a supporter of the administration until now adds, “At least let him remain neutral and not go against it until we can get the legislation right. But Obama went against it. I’m personally not going to support him anymore and not give a dime anymore.”
With Hollywood funding not just Obama but the Democrats as a whole, a rift is dividing the president’s own party as lawmakers are forced to take sides with anti-SOPA supporters and the entertainment industry.
Former Democratic Senator Chris Dodd campaigned for Obama in 2008 but today heads the Motion Picture Association of America. He called the blackout on Wednesday waged by anti-SOPA advocates “the height of irresponsibility” when speaking to MSNBC and equated it to children screaming until they hold their breath.
Others within the Hollywood elite, including Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, have in the past donated large sums to the Obama campaign, which hosted three separate fundraisers at the Sony Pictures movie studio in Los Angeles before.
While 19 US Senators flipped their stance regarding SOPA on Wednesday alone and became opponents of the bill, the vast majority of them are Republicans. Democrats, on the other hand, are largely in support of both SOPA and PIPA, with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) personally raking in almost one million dollars from supporters of the legislation. In a report published by the Raw Story on Thursday, the top 20 beneficiaries of special interest money in favor of PIPA doubles as a roster of some of the left’s biggest names, including Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Patrick Leahy, among others. In all, writes the website, the total amount of money handed over to the Democrats on the list of supporters of the act from special interests favoring SOPA amounts to more than $7 million. Anti-SOPA lobbyists, in comparison, have only contributed $807,502 to those very same Democrats.
“God knows how much money we’ve given to Obama and the Democrats and yet they’re not supporting our interests,” another anonymous Hollywood insider tells Deadline. “There’s been no greater supporters of him than we’ve been from the first day and the first fundraisers continuing until he was elected. We all were pleased. And, at its heart institutionally, Hollywood supports the Democrats. Now we need the administration to support us. This is a very important time for Hollywood.”
The Internet and computer industry has supported the Democratic Party to the tune of $52 million since 2007, which the Center for Responsive Politics says is up $12 million from the period of 2001 to 2006.
In regards to the week’s blackout, a senior Democratic congressional staffer close to the issue tells the National Journal, “Before this happened, the perception around here was that those who are in favor of ever-increasing copyright protections always won.” Because of Wednesday’s blackout, adds the staffer, “This may shift people’s expectations. It’s hard to say how much, but I think in a way that we haven’t seen in a long time. Folks on the Hill are realizing that there are a lot of people out there, and not just tech companies, that care about copyright issues.”
“This is something that could be repeated, but it couldn’t be repeated on just any issue. It resonates with people in having the freedom to go on the Internet and not be censored,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat from California and an opponent of the bills, adds.
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Reuters has just reported that the SOPA bill has been withdrawn by Texas Congressman Lamar Smith, SOPA's author. While the bill is off the table for now, there's no indication that it's being completely abandoned. Smith told Reuters that he's pulling the bill "until there is wider agreement on a solution."
It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products
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Why can't the movie industry or the music industry learn something form the Adult industry. Look at all those online adlut websites that allows user to pay a monthly fee to download/steam movies for maybe $20. Look how much profit they make every year.
The Adult industry adotp to new technology and new method to sell thier products and they are doing very successful. Sure ppl sitll download them ilegeally or variou website that allows you steam for free but you don't see the adult industry make a big deal nor it made a dent in thier income.
Sure I download lot's of movies to watch but if I have to pay to watch them I can tell you 100% I will not watch. Movies I know I will watch I go to the theathers to watch to show my support.
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i download, i buy, i go to the theatres
most of the time i buy the blu-ray of the movie ive downloaded
like the japanese study i like mentioning all the time they've found piracy actually increased sales for them in regards to anime
and the spanish+mpaa study which found the movie industry is actually more profitable now not because ticket prices are higher but because more people have been going to the movies (if ppl were only downloading you wouldnt find an increase in movie-goers)
re Happyslip, the movie industry is kind of catching on now by trying to offer ondemand of movies in theatres but they're being met with opposition from the networks and theatre owners (and they havent really gotten the idea since they want to charge like $50 a rental)
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^^ And that is why NA is no longer competive anymore and other 3rd would countries are catching up. Within 10years (is already happening) NA will become so behind we will be called 3rd World countires.......
Why can't the movie industry or the music industry learn something form the Adult industry. Look at all those online adlut websites that allows user to pay a monthly fee to download/steam movies for maybe $20. Look how much profit they make every year.
The Adult industry adotp to new technology and new method to sell thier products and they are doing very successful. Sure ppl sitll download them ilegeally or variou website that allows you steam for free but you don't see the adult industry make a big deal nor it made a dent in thier income.
Sure I download lot's of movies to watch but if I have to pay to watch them I can tell you 100% I will not watch. Movies I know I will watch I go to the theathers to watch to show my support.
The retarded part is they don't even need to do that. Both movies and music still make shit piles of money and everyone decently high up whose involved is fucking rich. If they dropped ticket prices and BR costs down they would make even more, I remember this was mentioned a few years back with BR's being like $10 new and tickets being $5 again.
Honestly SOPA shouldn't have any grounds until Brad Pitt's income drops down to a mere 6 figures a month. Until then, fuck'em all. I can't understand people who are retardedly rich yet instead of retiring and enjoying life they spend all their time trying to squeeze every penny they can from people with a fraction of the money they do.
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Don't assume it's dead. It will come back. And PIPA is still just shelved and has fewer detractors then SOPA.
The fact of the matter is until the ESA (the gaming industry's legal action group) and the MPA (the motion picture association) accept that times are changing and decide to adapt, these bills will keep coming back and there for we always have to be watchful.
Furthermore, Harper's been systematically locking down supposed copyright protection and anti piracy laws here in our own country that will have much the same effect as SOPA does as well.
So keep your eyes open. This is just the beginning.
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