[mbowcock]

For some reason this sentence jumped out at me:

"Some lawmakers have noted that PIPA and SOPA would not affect anyone of the Web sites participating in the blackout."

I assume the argument being made here is that they're domestic sites and would not be affected by the legislation. And since they're not pirating anything what do they have to worry about. I could see someone reading it and thinking this is much to do about nothing. But this bill really puts pressure on domestic sites to comply and as we all know will just push the pirate sites to find ways around the law. So really, the sites most affected by these laws will be domestic and law-abiding.