SOPA's Main Targets are Immune from SOPA
In short: SOPA doesn’t apply to .com and .org, because those registrars are within US jurisdiction and theoretically covered by existing measures. The authors of this heavy handed bill don’t understand the internet enough to make the law effective:
So, based on the law as written… The Pirate Bay is immune from SOPA (though, potentially not from ICE just seizing the domain). It’s worth noting the same is true of both RapidShare and Megaupload — two other sites frequently cited by the MPAA and the US Chamber of Commerce as the types of awful, evil sites that these bills are targeted to take down. In fact, remember that “53 billion visits to rogue websites” claim that the US Chamber of Commerce loves to repeat? Nearly half of that is from RapidShare and Megavideo/Megaupload. And yet, those sites are clearly excluded from SOPA based on the definitions. So why would they still be trotting them out as examples?
Like swinging a sledgehammer and missing. (Via TechDirt)
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