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I doubt if it's make-up corruption to apologize for SOPA, it smells like mere corruption.

Your nose doesn't lie. MU was supposed to have one of the biggest IPOs before it was raided. And given that the minds that conspire to 'make the Market' are fixated on this new tech bubble its quite likely that this isn't over.

http://tinyurl.com/7ojbvdh

SOPA has turned into CISPA. So its not like they stopped trying to coerce their way into legislation.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/17/megaupload-close-to-mu... is the story linked above.

What does CISPA have to do with SOPA? In its current form, it doesn't even mention intellectual property rights.

Legalese is the underlying factor in both, while SOPA clearly denoted its intention to target the biggest players in so called IP battles clear, CISPA still tries to achieve the same (State sponsored and enforced Corporate protectionism) using less defined, broad and wide spread powers.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/04/12/expert-new-ci...

Consider that protest has now been classified as a low level form of 'terrorism' according to the DHS. How easy will it become for someone who is sharing a leaked rip of the next upcoming 'blockbuster' a cyber criminal? (It will likely be an issue raised by all the proponents of SOPA and PIPA whose IP/Hollywood lobbyists are wine-dining as we speak.)

You make the deadly assumption that they intend to enforce the letter of the Law as its 'clearly defined,' and nothing more. You also clearly neglect just how tightly bound Corporate and State alliances are, I would argue they are one in the same, you do realize that insider trading is legal for Congress/Senate members, right?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57323527/congress-trad...

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