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January 20, 2012 12:31 am GMT

SOPA Scorecard: Internet 1, Lobbyists 0

SOPAYou've got to feel sorry for the SOPA guys.They did all the right things. They got legislation introduced that would protect their industry from inconvenient threats -- like that pesky Internet. They spent millions on lobbying from their $63m budget. And they even hired a high-profile, well-connected, just-out-of-Congress Senator for the bargain price of a $1.5 million base salary to run their organization. And yet it appears that their support is collapsing and are resorting to a rather pathetic tactic of name-calling in response.You can't blame them for being a little shell-shocked. In fact, four years ago, a bill like SOPA would have sailed through Congress, particularly because it's a media-related issue, the mainstream media would have likely avoided shining a spotlight on the issue.

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