No, it's not. A: It WON'T work against piracy. [torrentfreak.com] See that? DNS block bypassing is already a thing. This won't do ANYTHING to stop piracy.

Ok, I'll be nice and ignore the INCREDIBLY ignorant "Who cares what effect it'll have as long as it stops piracy" statement and just counter with this: [torrentfreak.com]

Hilariously, Rep. Jared Polis, one of the opponents of SOPA (for reasons OTHER than the fact it'll cut down on free access to pirated porn) brought up that the vast majority of internet infringement is porn, and even had The Internet Is For Porn's lyrics entered into the official record while proposing an amendment…

Exactly. THAT'S the problem. This has a ridiculous amount of support from representatives from both parties, due to the lobbying from the RIAA, MPAA, and the others that support SOPA and PIPA. And the ones that aren't apparently bought already by the media are fairly unfamiliar with it and, like average people, hear…

It's already been done: [torrentfreak.com]

Anyone who still support SOPA at this point is one of three things:1. Uninformed and needing of reading up on the issue beyond just hearing "Stop Online Piracy Act" and thinking they agree with that.

Aside from the fact *I* don't as I don't even have a PS3, again, "bought YEARS before". Even people who never buy another PS3 game again are affected by this. Stop being a trolling idiot and try seeing that a lawsuit is perfectly reasonable recourse for Sony trying to change terms after already selling something.

Ah, yes. Try "not buying the product"... that you likely bought YEARS before they tried this anti-consumer bullshit changing the rules / functionality of your purchased products. I'll remember to use my ability of precognition to find out if a company is going to change the rules and functionality of all future…

You do know that if it's found illegal in Sony's case, it'll also be illegal in Microsoft's case?

Pretty much the quote that caused me to draw the analogy. The problem though is that quote typically is used to explain a more advanced culture's technology's perception by less advanced cultures, and the more advanced one's technology seeming like magic. In this instance, it's not. We have people right now that…

Because you're an idiot.

Exactly. These hearings have been ridiculous, hearing the small handful of people that understand what this will do getting steamrolled and having all their proposed amendments voted down by luddites that still think the internet is a series of tubes. One of these morons actually called it a "waste of time" for…

If this isn't somehow sarcasm, you're an idiot.

I know! How dare they ONLY give a discount on a product that malfunctioned due to improper use? I know Chevy would turn around and give you a whole new car if you ruin the engine on yours by putting diesel in a car that only takes unleaded! Nintendo should replace everything AND give them free games and a prototype…

Except you're missing the point where THIS IS THE ONE THAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED! This is the official one. Those hundreds of others that are presumably till up and fine? THOSE should actually be removed. The fact YouTube constantly fucks up with bogus claims like this shows why this is, in fact, an actual problem.

And bacon has officially jumped the shark. Attn: Internet: Stop it.

Except he does. This complaint is stupid. He's a massive geek who's also known to be into gaming. Hell, he's even done a couple voices, voicing a character in Halo: Reach and Fallout: New Vegas. He's pretty much a perfect choice.

Replying to approve (stupid Gawker)

The star of Chuck. He's a huge geek and into gaming. He's actually a pretty good choice. Can we have commenters that actually know what they're talking about before they complain?

No, you can't. The most creative people in the world ARE enjoying the shit out of doing things in Minecraft still. If what you say were true, we wouldn't have adults still building miraculous things out of LEGO, since they clearly got bored of them so long ago. And I mean, you can only do so many things with a canvas…