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bad_user on Jan 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hollywood fights Internet protests with... TV ad, ...

I'm surprised they didn't include "think of the children", although "criminals stealing american jobs" is pretty close.

JamesLeonis on Jan 19, 2012 [–]

You are thinking of Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act (H.R. 1981), which could easily be extended to include internet piracy.

ansgri on Jan 19, 2012 | [–]

PIPA = Protect Internet Pornographers Act. I mean, big professional studios that never make any art, just dumb porn.

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