Hollywood also poured in money. By January 2012, Hollywood had given more than $4.1 million to the Obama campaign, ahead of the $3.7 million it had contributed by the same point in 2008.91 Then suddenly, the Obama administration made a pivot. On January 14, 2012, the White House announced that it had problems with the antipiracy bills.92 In a statement, the White House declared that the president “will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cyber security risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.”
