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And that's mainly because they conflate online piracy with counterfeiting of products, and that's exactly how MPAA wants it, because they can try pushing bills
by higherpurpose 13y ago
And that's mainly because they conflate online piracy with counterfeiting of products, and that's exactly how MPAA wants it, because they can try pushing bills that "stop illegal harmful drugs...and also online piracy", like they tried to do with SOPA.
Same thing with the Pro IP Act that allows US gov to seize .com, .org and .net domains (much like SOPA proposed), and they seize hundreds of domains every year for both counterfeiting and online piracy, although when they do it they make it a much bigger deal about counterfeiting, and they latch the piracy ones to that operating, because they know people are more likely to agree with seizing of counterfeiting sites.