ABSTRACT
This chapter takes domestic and international American intellectual property (IP) policy of the digital era as its objects (or Foucauldian 'things') of study and is concerned with the discourses of the state and industry, while focusing on press releases, public statements, executive orders and regulatory hearings. By using the Sony Hack as a case study, it looks at the nascent shift in the way Hollywood uses discourses of national and cybersecurity influence the ways in which Hollywood's logics of IP and copyright protection become embodied in (inter)national policy. The close working relationship between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and film industry was further made manifest by the response issued from Motion Picture Association of America chair and CEO Chris Dodd. Like the FBI, Dodd conflates American corporate interests, the economy and national security. Dodd's invocation of terrorism speaks to the emerging rhetorical tropes the film industry uses in lobbying.
