And the gauntlet's been thrown.

MPAA threatens politicians:

"Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake..."

This is a "Dear Hollywood, it is not ok to not know how the internet works" moment. Hollywood can "buy" legislators, spend for influence. But money cannot hold back technology, and there will always be too many people willing to ignore stupid laws, and too many smart people willing to actively undermine unreasonable laws - the powers you thought you bought cannot find them all, much less arrest all of them.



Also, Does anybody doubt that we need campaign-financing reform? I love this, think I'm going to print it out and send it, along with a paper letter, to DiFi's office.