Hollywoods desperate plot to pass SOPA legislation

Look back at any period of rapid technological progress and you’ll find two groups of individuals: Pioneers tirelessly charting new territory for the benefit of the species and members of the old order standing against the tide to fight back the phantom of their own perceived obsolescence. The debate over the Stop Online Piracy Act boils down to exactly this — a desperate last-ditch effort by the reigning Hollywood and recording industry elite to preserve their crumbling empires, no matter the cost free speech, innovation and security. ... Continue reading this article at http://www.motherboard.tv/2012/1/6/hollywood-s-last-stand-the-desperate-plot-behind-the-sopa-opera--2