Little bit of history, going back to 2008:
President Bush signed into law legislation creating a copyright czar, a cabinet-level position on par with the nation’s drug czar http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/10/bush-signs-law/
MPAA Urges Obama to Embrace Internet Filtering http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/12/mpaa-urging-oba/
Obama Administration Announces Massive Piracy Crackdown http://www.dailytech.com/Obama+Administration+Announces+Mass...
Obama-administration: piracy is flat unadulterated theft http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/obama-admini...
U.S. to target foreign websites in anti-piracy push http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65L3YN20100622