SOPA: The End of the Internet as We Know it

Re:SOPA: The End of the Internet as We Know it by bgentry on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @06:50PM (#3375733)

Exactly how would you define a "foreign site", especially when the countries of origin for the domain name and servers could be different? What about sites with servers in multiple countries?

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Re:SOPA: The End of the Internet as We Know it by thebigshane on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @08:50PM (#3376039)

I would let SOPA define it, but since their definitions are long and stuck in a PDF, I'll paraphrase from the source: http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/HR%203261%20Managers...

   A site that either has a domain name registered outside 
   of the judicial district of the US, OR whose IP address 
   is located outside of the judicial district of the US.

So I think both of your examples could be within reach of SOPA. But then I think both youtube and facebook are out of reach of SOPA (instead they fall under existing law).

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