The Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act are deeply flawed pieces of legislation which threatened to censor the Internet. While many in the games industry — including Mojang, Runic Games, Riot Games, and Epic Games — spoke out against them, the industry’s trade association, the Entertainment Software Association, was openly in favor of it. Contrary to what has been suggested, it hasn’t come out and condemned the bills, but it is now looking towards the future.
Following an Internet protest (in many cases, in the form of a blackout) by the likes of Google, Wikipedia, Reddit, and numerous other prominent members of the web on Wednesday, both bills began to lose supporters.
