The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) suggested on Thursday that the White House would be the perfect place to convene a summit between Hollywood and the tech industry on online piracy.
According to The Hill's Technology Blog, "White House press secretary Jay Carney said the Obama administration has made its position clear on the issue and appeared to dismiss the suggestion."
The remarks by the administration spokesman were made on Friday as support for SOPA in the House, and PIPA in the Senate was crumbling.
While the events that followed put the online piracy issues to hold for now, the comments over the last few days show that the Motion Picture Association of America won't give up easy on online piracy legislation.
Former senator now working for film industry
Former Senator Christopher Dodd is now working on the side of film industry as the head of the Motion Picture Association of America. After spending many years working as a member of Congress, Dodd is using his knowledge of how Congress works to develop a strategy for getting laws passed which favor the film industry, such as SOPA or PIPA.
In comments quoted in a New York Times article Dodd said, “This was a whole new different game all of a sudden. This thing was considered by many to be a slam dunk.”
Dodd's remarks show how much of a difference the internet uprising made, especially since they were made on Thursday, the day before both the Senate and the House decided to put both versions of the online piracy legislation on hold.
A victory for the internet uprising
The internet protests made the difference in the recent fight over the proposed online piracy legislation. At least for now.
As a recent blog post in The Hill describes it, "In fight between lobbyists and the Internet over piracy bill, techies won."
Now that the proposed online piracy legislation has stirred up not only the technology community, but internet users as a group, the consensus by the politicians is that this was all a big mistake. Now the political bandwagon jumpers say, it’s time to scrap the bill and start over.
The powerful lobbyists, and strategists like Dodd, now know that getting legislation passed that favors the movie industry is not the "slam dunk" they though it was going to be.
The battle to keep the interest free of internet regulation is not a short term fight, it is not a bandwagon to jump on for the cause of the day. While Friday's events signaled a short term victory, the financial backing of the movie industry, and the knowledge of how congress works brought to the battle by Dodd, indicates this will not be the last we have heard on this topic.
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