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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
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This is what came to me in a flash.
What SOPA does is enforce existing laws. So sites that are coming into the US conforms to the existing laws in the US. Yes it goes on a bit harder in trying to enforce those law. However if you did what online sites do in breaking the laws of the land, you have to expect a back lash.
So this thread makes it clear that many sites ignore the laws of the countries they are available to. Here's how they could block porn on the Internet or hit it so hard it would be very hard to operate.
Today any under 18 can view porn online. Can they also walk into a porn shop and view porn without the owner getting into trouble? If they can it's an easy law to pass. Then they pass another one saying any site that doesn't verify the age of a viewer is breaking US law, so they had best block US traffic or get their site hit by the same penalties that pirates will face.
Truth is they don't care, except when electioneering, so don't do anything.