did you guys SEE this?

[dogknob]

10. As a musician who has dealt with major record labels

The money you are referring to is already being stolen from us by the same people who say they want to "protect" us. The majors don't give a hoot about piracy. What they do care about is the reality that the Internet makes it possible for artists to create and distribute their own work without their talentless, cynical, art-hating asses getting a cut*. With something like SOPA in place, all they need to do is start accusing all the indies (who can't afford a legal battle) of violating some copyright somewhere.

They want to turn back the clock to the good 'ol days when they were relevant because there was nowhere else to go.

If you don't believe me, then maybe you will believe Courtney Love: http://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/

... or Janis Ian, who hasn't had a hit since 1975 but whose website gets 75,000 hits a week: http://www.janisian.com/reading/fallout.php

* "getting a cut" = getting practically everything.