On: Sal Khan explains SOPA / PIPA

[samstave]

We need S.O.P.A:

Stop Outrageous Political Assholes.

Did anyone here see the letter from the CEO of the MPAA (who happens to also be a senator) chriss dodd today, which said that this SOPA blackouts are a gimmick and that we are corporate pawns for blacking out in protest?

Is it enraging to anyone else that he is allowed to be the CEO of the MPAA AND a senator at the same time where he can both write and benefit from legislation in his interests?

[thebigshane → samstave]

   United States Senator from Connecticut
   In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011

   On March 1, 2011, the Motion Picture Association of 
   America announced that Dodd will head that organization

He's not a senator anymore and was never senator and MPAA Chairman at the same time. I know wikipedia is "down" so it's harder to check facts. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd?banner=false]

[samstave → thebigshane]

Thanks!

I have heard his name enough in the media recently, associated with the credit crisis, as referred to as senator, that I hadn't realized he was out.

Still does not reduce my level of disdain for him.

[tzjames → samstave]

Actually Chris Dodd is a former Senator of Connecticut. His term ended in 2010.

[jfarmer → tzjames]

He lost the election in 2010, but his term ended in 2011. He became CEO of the MPAA two months later.