"Hollywood vs. Big Internet" is a false and simplistic dichotomy, and perpetuation of it does us no favors. The reality of the situation is far more complex. S

"Hollywood vs. Big Internet" is a false and simplistic dichotomy, and perpetuation of it does us no favors. The reality of the situation is far more complex. Some of the primary sponsors of SOPA were big ISPs, like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, etc. These companies -- especially Comcast, which owns NBC-Universal -- have vested interests in maintaining and growing their control over the internet. The movie industry represents a significant, but non-majority piece of the puzzle here. I'm not going so far as to call it a red herring, but I would say that a laserlike focus on the MPAA, and the MPAA alone, is dangerously incomplete. Case in point: you rally to the side of Comcast, not realizing that it's a SOPA/PIPA supporter. Similarly, I've read quite a few blog posts calling on movie buyers to switch their time and dollars to the video game industry (whose lobby, the ESA, is also a SOPA/PIPA supporter, and is standing united with the RIAA and MPAA). It's time to draw a more holistic and accurate picture of the battle lines here. There's blood on plenty more hands than we're giving credit for. And continued ignorance of the bigger picture would have us withdrawing support from one SOPA-supporting industry, simply in favor of another.