Several multi-national corporations and the government have been in constant scuffle with internet denizens over the control of the internet of internet sharing policy. Monumental to this struggle is thrashing of the Stop Online Piracy Act, also known as SOPA. The recent Sony hack has revealed that Hollywood have pushed its corporate powers' limits and moved every piece possible to revive the bill. They have even gone as far as forcing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood to make Google's life as miserable as possible. It is important to note that Google is the number one detractor of the SOPA bill.
On Friday, Google has filed lawsuit against Jim Hood. This bickering is nostalgic of the scuffle two years ago when SOPA is still being debated if whether or not it will be passed as a law. Google accused the Motion Picture Association of American as the one responsible of pushing the internal investigation of Google through the use of Hood's influence as an Attorney General.
The conflict over the censorship of the Internet has definitely gone to a greater height. The motion picture industry, Hollywood in short, has made its lobbyist find new ways to remove copyrighted materials over the internet. Internet companies however have been standing their ground strongly, saying that the in case SOPA will be passed it will initiate online censorship.
The recent Sony hack exposed that Sony along with the Motion Picture Association of America and six other major studios have been joining forces in an attempt to open up the revival of SOPA legislature. It was reported that the studios allocated $500,000 to pay lawyers and the MPAA added an additional $1.7 million to further support their cause.
The battle for regulation of the internet has been fought not only on court of law but even the mass media. It is still unclear as to which camp will emerge victorious. One thing is sure about this, whoever wins this battle will definitely have completed control over data transmission and regulations of the internet.
