When Pirates Are Attacked

backstage.com: "When the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved passage on Nov. 18 of legislation aimed at battling online content piracy, the road ahead of the bill looked smooth. Champions of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act—among them the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists—could boast of broad, bipartisan support and assurances that President Obama would sign the bill into law should it arrive on his desk.