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dangrossman
on Dec 16, 2011
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In case SOPA passes: IP addresses of popular websi...
The porn industry has grown a lot since 2001. The rationale given for the amendment was that without it, the AG would spend all its time working pornography cases, as they'd be the majority of copyright infringement occurring.
tomflack
on Dec 17, 2011
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"Most of the copyright abuse is happening in this area... so let's ignore it in favour of the concerns of a larger group of patrons."
Fantastic.
Zirro
on Dec 17, 2011
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How did they justify it, though? Did they explicitly say that "our industry is more important"?
jgeralnik
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They just asserted that the government should not be working towards helping pornography producers because the material is distasteful.
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