On: SOPA not Dead. Hearings to Resume in Feb.

[Vivtek]

You can't get traction in the US fighting Americans. If you present something as fighting foreign evildoers, though, you basically get carte blanche.

[derefr → Vivtek]

They already have the power to fight domestic IP "abuse", though—that's what the DMCA does. These acts are basically just to try to fill in the cracks the DMCA can't touch (foreign companies which allow domestic consumers breach IP law.)