FCC
Whether you boldly admit to illegally downloading content from the internet or hide under a blanket with the lights dimmed urging your laptop to hurry with its download of an Eminem torrent fearful that some bootjack thug from the FCC will kick in your door at any moment, there is no escaping the controversy surrounding the appeal/disgust of illegal file-sharing.
At the center of the debate lies the notorious Sweden based peer-to-peer, file-sharing website, the Pirate Bay. The website’s operators, Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij, have seen their share of lawsuits, injunctions, blockages, police-style raids, and have even been convicted of copyright infringement resulting in a sentence of a year in prison and a fine of 30 million SEK (approximately $3.6 million USD). In spite of all the opposition, the site is still in operation, openly providing copyrighted content to users for free.
It's the moment every "Gossip Girl" fan has been waiting for-- the highly anticipated threesome episode which will air this Monday; that is unless the Parents Television Council gets its way.
The PTC has threatened CW network affiliates to censor the "reckless and irresponsible scene," or they could face hefty fines from the Federal Communications Commission.
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