User blog comment:Bovell/We stand with Wikimedia - Stop PROTECT IP and SOPA/@comment-86.6.119.134-20111229132740/@comment-212.56.88.69-20120102123224

Piracy will always be a problem, no matter what the big corporations and/or government(s) try to do to stop it. The point here is *how* they're trying to stop it on the Internet. There are already measures in place that enable copyright owners to remove their content from the Internet easily. On some sites it's pretty much a click of a button, and everywhere else just needs a cease and desist letter.

What they're trying to do with this is give the government and companies like RIAA, WMG, and all the other big film/music companies the power to block access to any site(s) they want, whenever they want. Remember China blocking youtube after the riots a few years back? The same could happen with this. It can affect any website, and "they" wouldn't need to justify their actions to anyone - it would "just happen".