Wales And Dodd Argue Over SOPA

How to deal with online piracy?

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January 24, 2012

Wales And Dodd Argue Over SOPA

By Josh Wolford

Speaking at the DLD conference in Munich this morning, Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales didn't mince words on the subject of former Senator and current MPAA chairman Chris Dodd. He said that Dodd should be fired.

Wales and Dodd have been arguing at opposing ends of the SOPA / PIPA battle, more generally the argument covers differences in opinion regarding how to deal with the perceived threat of online piracy. In response to SOPA and PIPA, Wales led the charge o protests by blacking out Wikipedia for 24 hours last Wednesday. SOPA and PIPA, two pieces of legislation that Dodd and the MPAA support, have been put on the backburner as the House and Senate have delayed action, respectively.

Dodd has been critical of the shelving of both SOPA and PIPA, even calling the massive internet SOPA Blackout led by Wikipedia an abuse of power. Wales addressed that at the DLD conference:

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