The movie industry was already having a bad week with the Sony hacking and then the fallout between North Korea and Hollywood over “The Interview.” Now Kent Walker, Google Inc. senior vice president and general counsel, has spoke out against the Motion Picture Association of America in a blog post Thursday. He says he is “deeply concerned” about reports the MPAA has led a secret campaign to revive failed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation.
Back in 2012, a massive online protest helped scuttle the legislation, which would have expanded U.S. law enforcement’s ability to fight online copyright infringement. NextGov’s Brendan Sasso says it was a top priority for the entertainment industry, but “the backlash was a traumatic lesson for members of Congress about the danger of siding against tech companies and Internet activists, who warned the bill could break the Internet.”
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