[hugo31370]

From a Portuguese citizen living in the Bay Area. The idea that SOPA can benefit European countries is laughable to say the least.

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.

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.

[chunkyslink]

I understand what you are saying and I am not trying to thwart anything. The Americans are about to thwart themselves.

My question was based around the idea that by removing themselves from being the (and I quote you)

> most prolific tech ecosystem in the world.

- if there is anything to gain from being somewhere else in the world. I dont actually live in a European country (not sure where you got that from) and I see SOPA as potentially a way to profit and get ahead, providing replacement services to countries cut of by the 'shoot yourself in the face' mentality that the USA currently has.

By the way, I don't think this is good. But I'm an entrepreneur and we thrive on opportunity and this is a place to discuss these things no ?