Second U.S. Pirate Site-Blocking Bill Incoming: MPA, Google, Verizon Met to Discuss. (torrentfreak.com)

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A renewed attempt to introduce site blocking in the U.S. emerged in late January when U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act. The FADPA bill received the MPA's full support, and it now transpires that similar legislation is being prepared by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R). A recent meeting to discuss the 'American Copyright Protection Act' was attended by Disney, Paramount, and Amazon, plus Google, YouTube, and Verizon.

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[-] betweenthesixes@lemm.ee 62 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Great to see US politicians, on both sides of the aisle, focusing on the most important priorities for their constituents.

/s, in case it isn’t obvious

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

I mean, they are focusing on their constituents in this case.

The ones who pay they millions of dollars in "campaign contributions"

[-] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago

indeed. Not like they dont have a bigger issue with their government lterally dissolving before their eyes. I wonder how they expect to uphold this when DOGE finishes its amazingly competent efforts at 'efficiency'