- Obi Wan Stevobi
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- Exalted Mythic Member
A few things that should be pointed out:
Although SOPA's language is so vague that it is theoretically possible it could possibly effect large domestic sites like Facebook, Youtube, etc., the chances of that happening are slim to none, and it is not the bills intent.
Large domestic sites like Youtube, Google, and Facebook are already subject to the DMCA that covers pirated material within the US jurisdiction. The major concern of those large sites is that the bill is so poorly written that is not clear if it will supersede safe harbor clauses in the DMCA that provides them legal protection from any criminal activities of users on their sites.
The bill's actual intent is aimed at foreign sites hosting pirated material. The problem is, the US has no jurisdiction over the offenders, so the bill instead creates a government controlled firewall into all US DNS servers that blocks access to those sites inside the untied states. That is a terrible idea for more reasons than I care to explain. I only need one reason to hate this bill:
If SOPA were to pass, every single time I put a web address in my browser, the DNS server will have to check with the US government to see if I have permission to go there or not. This sets an extremely dangerous precedent. This bill does nothing to the actual offenders, it censors American internet so it will be slightly harder to get to those sites.
Bungie's current publisher, Activision, supports SOPA. I doubt Bungie would make any public stance against it.
[Edited on 01.05.2012 7:38 AM PST]