Fantastic. It's hilarious how in one of their latest press releases the MPAA accuse the companies participating in the blackout of "turning their users into corporate pawns", being "irresponsible and of disservice", "abusing power and skewing the facts to further corporate interests" and using "gimmicks".
It's like they've taken one of the letters adressed to them and turned it around really. And they claim to be protecting American jobs while pushing a bill that cripples the entire information sector and causes every major site to outsource its hosting? Shit, i live in Eastern Europe and such shameless displays of corruption are a rarity. The house of representatives session was a farce too.
And what's the point of this organization anyway? "Parent awareness" ? Fuck that, it's not the parents who pay them, not the artists either. It's media conglomerates, and so they serve only the interests of media conglomerates. They've turned their right to evaluate movie content into a censorship and now they're trying to dictate the fate of the internet for the entire world.
I hope this starts with opposing SOPA and ends with the disbanding of the MPAA. There won't be a better time.
Also, "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" is a great MPAA-slash-private detective documentary i believe would be of interest to a lot of people here. Buy it, pirate it or just watch it here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIncrMYRUJ0]. Reveals some very interesting stuff.