I haven't read the actual bill yet. I probably should before forming a definite opinion then again 99% of you probably haven't either. I'm only in favor of something as drastic as SOPA if it will work worldwide. I'm also skeptical that if it is passed it will really benefit adult. I think they'll look after the movie and music industry but they won't give two shits about us.
I'm actually in favor of dismantling companies like Manwin and making them pay out retroactively all the sponsors they have used content for without permission as well as all affiliates who can demonstrate they have lost income over the piracy. I think the entire company should be bankrupted and the leaders extradited to the US to face charges on piracy. That's how strongly I feel. I believe that intent of the DMCA was never to allow the things which we are commonly seeing going on and I believe many of the people taking advantage of it deserve to have their assets seized, distributed to their victims, and then imprisoned. So I doubt anyone questions how I feel.
I will applaud when I see this happen.
That being said I don't want to see the government have a stranglehold on the internet either. So I'm not sure about some of things I am hearing about SOPA. Then again much of what was good about the internet has already been destroyed or is in the process of being destroyed. We're already seeing a few major companies and sites starting to take over everything and increasingly ISPs are abolishing flat rate models and otherwise trying to exploit users accessing the system. Sometimes I wonder if there is much left to save.