Interesting talk on the bigger picture going forward and how SOPA fits in.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HUEvRyemKSg" target="_blank">The coming war on general computation</a>
"And on the network side, attempts to make a network that can't be used for copyright infringement always converges with the surveillance measures that we know from repressive governments...... In fact, the proponents of SOPA, the Motion Picture Association of America, circulated a memo, citing research that SOPA would probably work, because it uses the same measures as are used in Syria, China, and Uzbekistan, and they argued that these measures are effective in those countries, and so they would work in America, too!"