...In the past, we've written about state Attorneys General from Nebraska and Oklahoma blaming Google for videos made by users, and about Texas' Attorney General going after Google for supposed antitrust violations (based on the same claims that the FTC later dropped entirely). But the state Attorney General with the biggest chip on his shoulder for Google has absolutely been Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who seemed to think that it was Google's fault that he could find counterfeit goods via search. A few months later, he was back blaming Google for infringement online as well.
This was no accident. What's come out of the Sony Pictures Leak is not just that the MPAA was buddying up to state Attorneys General, but that the MPAA was funding some of this activity and actively supporting the investigation. The leaked emails reveal that rather than seeing that NY Times article about corporate/AG corruption as a warning sign, the MPAA viewed it as a playbook. But not for preventing investigations but for encouraging and funding them. This appears to go way beyond that NY Times article. This isn't campaign donations or inviting AGs to speak at lavish events and paying for the travel. This is flat out paying AGs to investigate Google (even on issues unrelated to copyright infringement) and then promising to get extra press attention to those articles....
◼ Leaked Sony Emails Reveal Project Goliath: Grand Plan of Hollywood Studios, MPAA Against Google - Tech Times
Dozens of emails divulge how lawyers from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and six major studios refer to "Goliath" as their top most adversary in their common goal to stop online piracy. They talked about the problems that were created by Goliath and how Goliath would react if the group pursues the attack
In case you missed it: DRUDGE - SONY Headlines:
HOLLYWOOD HORROR: HACKERS PROMISE 'CHRISTMAS GIFT'...
Chilling Longterm Effect...
CLAIM: AMERICAN HUSTLE director groped transgender niece...
EMAILS: DICAPRIO 'DESPICABLE'...
Clooney 'loses sleep' over critics...
Studio Hires David Boies to Threaten Media...
Demands News Organizations Delete 'Stolen' Data...
REPORT: SONY Unable to Process Payments...
Hackers Flash Disturbing NEW WARNING on Staffers' Computers...
NYT Maureen Dowd Promised To Show Column Before Publication...
Jennifer Lawrence Paid Less Than Male Co-Stars...
'SELMA' DIRECTOR CALLS EMAILS 'SICKENING'...
PASCAL FIGHTS FOR JOB...
PAPER: SONY SUSPENDS FILMING
SONY SECRETS KEEP SPILLING...
HOLLYWOOD GRIPPED...
EMAILS MOCK OBAMA, BLACK MOVIES...
DRAMA: ANGRY PRODUCER CALLS JOLIE 'SPOILED BRAT' IN LEAKED SONY EMAILS...
SONY BLACKMAILED BY HACKER: PULL MOVIE OR ELSE!
FBI to Brief SONY Employees on Cybersecurity...
Employees in Email...
'Your Family Will Be in Danger'...
MORE LEAK: Top-Secret Profitability of Movies...
SONY Breach Reveals More Data Than Previously Believed...
'North Korea leaks Stallone's social security number'...
SONY Hack: Actors Salaries Leaked...
SONY HACK CLUES POINT TO INSIDE JOB...
HACKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL SONY STUDIO'S STUNNING GENDER AND RACE GAP...
