Blood will Flow

Apparently. Mashable report that the guy who's bright idea this was is withdrawing the bill.  BUt he is then quoted as saying "The theft of America’s intellectual property costs the U.S. economy more than $100 billion annually and results in the loss of thousands of American jobs. Congress cannot stand by and do nothing while American innovators and job creators are under attack.”

Right - firstly - prove it.  He also told us how much profit is being made in spite of piracy (A humungous amount) and I bet the amount stolen is balanced by people like me who actually buy more music and more DVDs because of people sharing their illegal downloads. Who is making that calculation to offset the supposed losses?

Second - key words in that statement - American IP.  Not IP from anywhere else in the world, outside your jurisdiction, oh Uncle Sam.  So hands off Stravinsky, thanks very much.  How dare you adjudicate against the free distribution of IP that has been in the public domain for years and never belonged to you in the first place?  How f**king DARE you.

And that was done without any new SOPA or PIPA legislation - so none of this makes me feel any better.