[Snowflakian]

It's a US bill as is PIPA (both are bad, and don't forget either one!), but if they somehow manage to pass in a fly by night act, other countries could follow suit. Once america, the alleged land of the free, passes a bill other countries sometimes take it as precedent to do the same. Plus USA tends to put pressure on other nations to do similiar sometimes via sanctions.

Yeah, as minimal impact as my blog has, it went black yesterday too. I've been keeping a close eye on these bills since it could mean the end of a lot of things. While it's built to target piracy, the reach is too wide sweeping and could harm all fansites. I've got things in place for my own protection just in case, but I'm not comfortable with using them.

A good example of why even toyark could be harmed are sig pics, and the photos of characters even if they are figures of characters. That's how overstepping this bill is. Cosplay sites are also screwed.

Marvel as a corporate entity supports it, but on the creative level I think you'd be surprised with who doesn't. There are a lot of... Internet addicts... within various companies. Many of the creatives are as much geeks as us. Some even hide in plain sight. Like Wacker who likes to troll 4chan.