User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/SOPA and PIPA Situation Summary/@comment-3410126-20120120080129/@comment-4115045-20120120084628

Supporting SOPA and PIPA makes it possible for companies to shut down others their websites without needing a judge to look at it first, but after. That means when you hold a grudge against someone, you simply claim them to be illegally infringing copyright to take them down untill court ruling. With the current high amount of court rulings that could easily make those ruling not be listed untill about two weeks. So effectively you can shut down a website for a week or two, or longer if you have the money and thus can buy the lawyers.