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> I don't understand why this should be downvoted. Are those downvoting it suggesting that the government does indeed want to see these sites go? Or that they will go?

The Government doesn't care, and the sites will go because it will be too expensive or impossible for them to monitor user-generated content.

> One thing that has been confusing me during the course of the proceedings is that it has been repeatedly suggested that SOPA will be only affecting foreign websites. Is this not actually the case?

Wrong. It will also affect foreign websites because ICANN controls the DNS system.



From what I've been reading, the bill grants the DoJ power to combat sites outside of US jurisdiction.

See title I sec 102. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c112:1:./temp/~c1124uh...:

Is this only a piece of the larger picture?

edit: On further inspection, it appears as though title 2 does in fact grant powers for combatting domestic sites as well.

Or at least the language isn't explicitly speaking to foreign websites.




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