Sopa battle hots up as US Congress debates piracy bill

Hollywood executives spend $91m lobbying for approval of Stop Online Piracy Act, which tech industry says will stifle creativityHollywood's most powerful executives and Silicon Valley's billionaires have been glued to the goings-on in a frills-free Washington committee room. At the cost of thousands of dollars an hour, their army of lobbyists and lawyers spent much of Thursday watching a young wom...
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Hollywood executives spend $91m lobbying for approval of Stop Online Piracy Act, which tech industry says will stifle creativity.

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