The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is being endorsed by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) in spite of public pressure.
Speaking to Develop, the ESA stated that: "Rogue websites, those singularly devoted to profiting from their blatant illegal piracy, restrict demand for legitimate video game products and services, thereby costing jobs."
SOPA has come under fire for allowing unprecedented power to private organisations to block URLs at an ISP level, and there is a significant public outcry online about the potential for the bill to legally censor the internet.
The ESA continued, stating that it: "understands the importance of both technological innovation and content protection, and does not believe the two are mutually exclusive."
Fears within the gaming community are centred around legitimate content sharing, modding tools, user-generated content and more becoming stilted or crushed by the bill.
Amongst the outspoken opponents of the ESA's endorsement are Jim Sterling from Destructoid, who criticised the support as an act of hipocrisy in an open letter, and with Google CEO Eric Schmidt calling the bill 'draconian'.
Develop Online has the full story.
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