User blog comment:Subtank/SOPA and how it affects the internet/@comment-1091639-20111117194621

I believe that people will always find ways to experience and share cultural goods (which very unfortunately these days is being called "piracy"), regardless of legislation or arbitrary rules. So from that perspective, I feel confident that the 'Internet will not die' just because of bills like this one. There have been copyright infringement claims ever since the invention of the printing press. Yet none of the actions taken by intellectual proprietors were successful in the long term. Call me naive, but I believe that information simply wants to be free and regardless if the copyright holders are fighting with gramophone recording, tape recording, VHS, bootlegged CDs and DVDs, MP3 or torrents, such a fight is bound to fail eventually.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but such a bill would require cooperation between countries to be effective. The U.S. government doesn't have much authority outside of its borders and some other countries have an entirely different view on copyrights and intellectual property. The Pirate Bay raid story is a perfect example of that. Moving servers to another country wouldn't be a problem for sites not willing to comply with local legislation, would it?