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		Natsu on Dec 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MPAA Boss: If The Chinese Censor The Internet, Why... "When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites." And then they decided it was such a bad idea that they were going to leave the country. Carrying this to the logical extension, if implemented, Google would pack up and leave us for Canada. Canada is already on the MPAA's naughty list, so....

vilya on Dec 10, 2011 [–]

I thought the Google leaving China thing was about government sponsored attempts to hack them, not about blocking?

Natsu on Dec 10, 2011 | [–]

There was that, too, but who knows which straw broke the camel's back?

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