Once again Salman Khan explains what needed explaining to many people.
However, SOPA has changed since then and now
* specifically only applies to foreign sites
* excludes the DNS cutoff
It is still "flawed", as Darren Issa says, and I think the OPEN act, deputizing the ITC is actually way better. It would first offer the offending foreign sites a chance to enter into arbitration before taking any unilateral action against them by the USA.
However, SOPA has changed since then and now * specifically only applies to foreign sites * excludes the DNS cutoff
It is still "flawed", as Darren Issa says, and I think the OPEN act, deputizing the ITC is actually way better. It would first offer the offending foreign sites a chance to enter into arbitration before taking any unilateral action against them by the USA.