Okay I'm not going to attempt to support/defend SOPA but I have some serious questions: Why do all of these SOPA articles on HN fail to mention that this bill specifically targets "foreign" sites? They all mention a possible threat against youtube, facebook etc, but since these are "domestic" sites aren't they excluded? Is there a particular definition or qualification in the bill that I missed that would widen the s…
Perhaps I shouldn't have said that I won't attempt to defend SOPA. I am obviously defending certain parts of it. However, I still don't support it, in fact, I still hate the ambiguity of terms, the way it is argued in congress, and how this may be the canary before other "real" internet censorship bills get introduced.
And since this is about the dozenth SOPA article posted in the last couple weeks, and with a certainly flamebait title, I just wanted to introduce some other viewpoints and, hopefully, some rationality to the otherwise emotional discussion.