I understand that the people of the USA are having to fight this crazy battle with their tech-stupid, bribe taking government but what impact would this have on the rest of us?<p>So if SOPA passes in its current form and they start banning sites in the USA - what is to stop the rest of the world from just setting up their own new versions of websites? - free of this North Korea style censorship.<p>Is it the case that people in the rest of the world could really profit from this terrible (law) idea ?<p>Dare I say it - <i>should we even support it?</i> For non US entrepreneurs this law is potentially great news<p>Is it the case that other countries will just follow ? I really cant see a lot of European countries doing anything like this anytime soon but perhaps I'm wrong ?<p>Thoughts?
While the threat is not so severe for us Europeans, I do fear that if the bill flies it will impact the internet as an entity. It will not just affect Americans, it will affect the world. I'm also baffled by the complete silence in our media about SOPA. 99,9% here is blissfully unaware of the beast...
From a Portuguese citizen living in the Bay Area. The idea that SOPA can benefit European countries is laughable to say the least.<p>Everyone benefits from freedom and openness. When I started my first company in Portugal, companies like Geocities, Yahoo and Download.com enabled my startup. Today Google, AWS and Facebook enable startups all over the world.<p>If you think that thwarting innovation in the US can benefit some other country, you're not seeing the big picture. It's not about moving servers or people, it's about destroying the most prolific tech ecosystem in the world.
"For non US entrepreneurs this law is potentially great news"<p>That would be true if other countries wouldn't use USA as a role model. The way it is now, I think this is a big problem for the world...
It disgusts me.<p>I wish it was practical and possible to just dump the US from the internet along with other countries that oppress their citizens freedom online.