Out of some innane sense of curiosity, in regards to the SOPA act that the U.S. gov't is attempting to push its way through its bureaucracy, if somat, such as fan art, or a fanfic or whatever originates from outside the U.S., or is situated on a server outside of the U.S., do they still have the right and the jurisdiction to remove it from the internet? I mean, the internet is essentially international property, in that no one country could claim sole ownership or overall responsibility for running, controlling, and/or maintaining it, and everyone is able to put stuff in it. Then there's the whole 'does this violate their first amendment rights' issue, and whether it violates their, or any one person's/group of people's freedom of expression. After all, they aren't claiming ownership in any way, and they aren't reproducing a copy of the original work, so therefore is it not just another way of expressing one's self? Freedom of speech and all that. So in the end, even if they pass this SOPA, could they still do everything this bill will supposedly give thwm the legal power to do? What if they decide violates will be fined, and I live in Canada, or India, or Russia, or China, or even Bangladesh, instead of the U.S. where they are attempting to pass this? It's not 'my' gov't, so what's it matter what they say? Or does it suddenly become that yes, the U.S. gov't does have a say in my life even if I live on the other side of the world? These are the important questions, the ones that will really affect us. Because what's the point of passing SOPA if they can't enforce it? At that point it becomes as useless as the League of Nations that formed from post WW1, who practiced a policy of appeasement in order to avoid war, and were unable to enforce their decisions, leading to war occurring anyways.