Well, now I understand why the U.S. government was forcing PIPA/SOPA on us all.
THIS: ACTA http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/united-states-signs-acta/
Apparently, around 2008 or so, several countries got together and wrote up the Anti-Piracy Accord. This 'accord' was basically PIPA/SOPA, only on an international scale. It was a highly secret accord that few were told about. Via this accord, the United States MUST force anti-piracy laws as dictated by the accord, and SOPA/PIPA satisfies those requirement. Although considering the Soviet Union and China did NOT sign the accord, well--I'm not sure there was a point.
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