Digamber, I came from India to the US about 2 years ago and it has been a deep learning curve! You're right that the basic motivation behind the politician's a

Digamber, I came from India to the US about 2 years ago and it has been a deep learning curve! You're right that the basic motivation behind the politician's actions are pretty much the same. However, it is not the Oil and Financial Organisations that stand to gain from SOPA, it is the TV and Film industry. They put in millions of dollars to make movies each year and then do their best to protect their assets. This is not so in India, where it is common knowledge that a movie/song will be pirated within a few hours of it's release. What's important to know is that if SOPA/PIPA or any other variants are allowed to be passed, they will benefit the Movie industry by giving them the right to shut down practically any website (in a simple way of putting it) without much need for logic. This threatens all the big search and knowledge providers on the internet - Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, Reddit, MegaUpload etc. The funny thing is, of course, all of this is being done ONLY against Internet users in the US. So, the rest of the world can happily pirate movies and share songs, but US citizens will have to pay the price for SOPA. (HN, correct me if I'm wrong here)