even as it looks as though sopa may be reeling from the public backlash, let us not forget about PIPA...
and let us not forget that fundamentally, our government leaders have proven themselves far more interested in bribes by media corporations than in doing what is right. perhaps that's not surprising, but the scale and degree of it, means that we cannot even for a moment assume they will vote with good intentions or the best interests of the people at heart.
'the system' is broken to the point of needing continuous monitoring, and massive public participation, just to function correctly.
the people who wrote SOPA for congress, will continue to try to take control over the internet. Making charts labeled "piracy losses" that mainly depict the recession, and the fact that many artists now self-promote using the internet (instead of signing with them), both of which are responsible for the vast bulk of lost revenues, as an excuse to leverage lawmakers into granting them ridiculous powers over the only media market which is not yet completely controlled by this handful of monopolies.