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Who Thought These Laws Out?
I would term these laws as the ???Death to the US Internet Acts???. For one, I could easily see that some individuals would file complaints on large organizations just to bring down their sites. Next, I would expect organized groups wanting protection money for not filing complaints against sites. Finally, I would see most businesses and people in the US start to host and view sites by going through foreign channels. All that might remain in the US are the ???clouds??? and invisible back-ends to the Internet sites without the actual viewable websites being physically hosted in the US.

The groups that are supporting these laws are not really thinking about the long term ramifications, they are just thinking about their short term profits. Many of the arguments are rehashes of the talking points against cassette and video tapes. Like the video tape, they need to figure out how to turn a profit from the new age in media and stop trying to fight it.
Posted by Magic_8_Ball
18th Jan 2012