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Double post? What double post? ;)

Alpha, that's the problem everyone has. For the most part, most reasonable people either agree that something should be done about piracy or at the very least don't oppose something being done because it doesn't matter to them. There are of course exceptions, but the big problem is that SOPA/PIPA has problems that extend far beyond mere piracy issues.

I wouldn't say the politicians are TRYING to censor anything, though. I would say that the politicans are trying to avoid red tape and bureaucracy in the courts, and their attempts to do so would allow CORPORATIONS to censor things using copyright as a weapon, just as a weakness in how the bill works. That's part of the problem -- if you believe in the good nature of rightsholders, SOPA actually isn't a problem at all. The problem is that it's been proven that they DON'T have good natures.