Bingowings said:

I wonder how long it will take for the legitimate users to counter sue for loss of earnings.

Lots of software for example was distributed via that route.

This is a very good point.

I think if these bills (which were probably hand written by the MPAA or RIAA) pass it will just force "pirate sites" to go to foreign countries for hosting. Demonoid has moved several times. Sure the government will censor those sites but there are plenty of ways around that (just ask the folks in China).

Bottom line this bill (if it becomes a law) will fail to make a dent in piracy. And how long before they begin to censor sites which offends some other special interest group or anti-American sites??

It's going to ruin a lot of things like youtube, facebook, deviantart, newsgroups, etc.

"It's all bullshit, folks, and it's bad for ya" -George Carlin