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ecib · 4717 days ago · link · · parent · post: What will happen if SOPA passes? Why don't we first look at what happened in Denmark.
>Even if the government is legally in the wrong, the mechanism exists, and while the response works its way through the courts, censorship is in effect.
This exactly. So what if it is against the law? Nuke the site and you've solved the problem. On the (very) off chance that the target can litigate against the U.S government, and then get a successful outcome, well, it's years too late. Whatever the target of the blacklist was, it was effectively censored. Even if monetary damages occur, it would just be regarded as a 'cost of doing business' by the gov't.
Reminds me of dajaz1.com story, with SOPA there will be no courts at all (if I am not mistaken). :S
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