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Originally Posted by Hitchens
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Corporations already have effective control of the Internet by being your service provider, which they can disable at any time for suspected piracy.
I never said I thought the bill was a good idea, I just don't think it will change much. Activists for any cause or issue are notoriously hyperbolic.
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ISPs would have to be given the power to deep inspect packets compromising privacy. The government would be given broad, vague, and general powers to enforce copyright without court order. The entire DNS backbone of the Internet would have to be changed.
The only ISP's that are disabling are doing so on a voluntary basis, and it's in their interest if they are. (Hello, Comcast). My ISP doesn't block for any reason.
Piracy isn't even the issue anymore. I agree steps and measures need to be taken to protect interests, but they're not going to do it this way.
If you seriously believe SOPA and PIPA wouldn't change much, I daresay you know nothing about what power the bills give the government, and suggest you do a little more investigation.