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Originally Posted by FaDeJoshboy

What they will actually end up doing with these laws if they pass may be one thing. But what they would be capable of doing is a lot more than I think you realise. Example, you post a copyright infringing video on youtube. The government can shut down youtube. This law basically allows them to take down a site for having copyright infringing material on it, regardless of blame.

I don't think you read my post.

They take these sites down by changing the DNS entry for that site. The DNS servers they can control have to reside in the United States.

While the root DNS servers are in the US, setting up a DNS server that isn't controlled by ICANN and is outside of the US would be trivial - and I believe has already happened.