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While not dead, SOPA is losing its teeth. Despite having had its major backer remove one of the more totalitarian portions from the bill (the ability to block non-US DNS addresses), SOPA appears unable to make progress in Congress.
In a CNET article (via Slashdot), the RIAA whines:
Instead of helping to come up with mechanisms to deny access to the U.S. market by foreign criminals," the RIAA wrote, "the opposition just keeps saying no. It is incumbent upon them to help develop language that will ensure that criminals can't access our market, while at the same time protecting our need for national cybersecurity.
As discussed previously, SOPA claims to support American businesses while it really supports the very large media companies and stifles smaller companies and individuals rights to publish.
As I've stated in my previous posting about SOPA, I am strongly opposed to piracy as I am a software engineer (ie: software pays my rent). But I also believe that piracy can be dealt with without destroying free speech. My viewpoints are similar to those of the EFF and differ from the FSF's viewpoint which opposes proprietary software altogether.