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SOPA: Silicon Valley and Hollywood on Capitol Hill
Yesterday's Internet blackout was evidence that Silicon Valley is a new power on Capitol Hill. Bills designed to protect against online piracy are due for amendment,
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenYesterday's Internet blackout was evidence that Silicon Valley is a new power on Capitol Hill. Bills designed to protect against online piracy are due for amendment, if not death. Where did Hollywood go wrong? What can it do now to protect its products? Also, can Newt Gingrich redeem himself? On Reporter's Notebook, the bankruptcy filing of Eastman Kodak.
Banner image: A laptop computer displays Wikipedia's front page showing a darkened logo on January 18, 2012. The website has shut down it's English language service for 24 hours in protest over the US anti-piracy laws. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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PIPA, the Protect IP Act , was passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee just last year. In the House, SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act , had been moving along. But Hollywood's effort to protect its products has run into another competing special interest group.
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