The distribution landscape has changed and the underlying conception of copyright is the problem.
The law has two choices: i)to adapt its law to the times or ii)attempt to engineer the system to make it fit into its conception.
SOPA takes the second approach, and its in the best interests of those who are not fit to adapt to support it at the price of innovation.
My biggest worry about this is the precedent it sets for less scrupulous nations to pass this law and use it to oppress their citizens. The US should be championing a free internet to circulate its democratic worldview. In a world where each nation censors its information, that advantage could be lost.
The law has two choices: i)to adapt its law to the times or ii)attempt to engineer the system to make it fit into its conception.
SOPA takes the second approach, and its in the best interests of those who are not fit to adapt to support it at the price of innovation.
My biggest worry about this is the precedent it sets for less scrupulous nations to pass this law and use it to oppress their citizens. The US should be championing a free internet to circulate its democratic worldview. In a world where each nation censors its information, that advantage could be lost.