Bullshit legislation like SOPA has much broader ramifications than the porn industry, though it's highly likely that they (along with its mainstream counterpart) would be very much in favor of the proposed law, because the bill would undoubtedly mean more bucks in their pockets for porn we're now viewing for free. (Or maybe NOT. Maybe many of us will just stick to the free, un-copyrighted, amateur stuff that is usually way better than the pro shit anyway).
It's not altogether clear, however, just to what extent this piece of crap would result in shutting down vast parts of our known internet galaxy, nor how many web hosting providers and other related companies would defect wholesale to other countries, just to escape the confines of the law, if that's even possible.
Nor have I failed to note how the authors of "geStOPA" would hail from a certain political party that claims to be against all this "governmental interference", to no great surprise.
Lawmakers propose bullshit like this as long as they think they can do so with impunity, and given this piece of legislation and other such actions that place the wants of special interests: the wealthy, and the powerful, above those of John Q. Public, they clearly believe they can do just about whatever the fuck they want, damn us all.
We, the people, when motivated enough have the power to effect change and stop bullshit in its tracks. We did so with the Netflix debacle, and we (through our quite vocal dissent) prevented the AT&T takeover of T-Mobile. Customers have the power to halt BofA's plans to charge 5 bucks for debit card use, if they pulled their all their savings from the banks, and if not, they must like getting reamed up their bums...their choice I guess.
We'll see how it all plays out.