For anyone who believe's protests and activism doesn't help... http://newsweek.tumblr.com/post/16123878603/behold-what-the-stop-sopa-blackout-managed-to Speak, and ye shall be heard.
"It also does not affect sites ending in .com, .org or .net. Only sites registered in other countries would be subject to SOPA." http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/House-Defeats-Amendment-to-Drop-DNS-Blocking-from-Stop-Online-Piracy-Act-572957/
that may be the case, but that doesn't change the fact that I don't see the european population stopping this. If this comes through, we'll be living like V in V for Vendetta, only we won't be blade masters wearing fancy masks with superhuman reflexes and endurance... we'll probably be more like the rest of the population…