Once again, the motion picture industry has smashed all annual box-office records. According to the MPAA, this proves that we need more laws allowing them to censor and spy on the Internet to prevent piracy.
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Feb 24, 2011
MPAA: record-breaking box-office year is proof that piracy is killing movies
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