This is what I've been wondering aloud for a long time. Politics is bought and paid for. It's not the ideal situation, but it's the reality. Given that, why isn't Silicon Valley spending more money lobbying for Internet-positive legislation?

The media cartels are spending millions purchasing heinous oppressive legislation. Google and co can and should do better than a strongly-worded letter. (Read: can and should be spending more money than the media cartels to buy laws that favor their bottom line, and thus indirectly the internet in general.)