Forum and website • Re: The site and an idiotic bill

What I have said, more explicitly, is that I doubt these laws are capable of suppressing anonymous, open source development, just like how the law and enforcement in the rich countries are no more than mild nuisances to the serious file-sharer.

I think you're missing the point here, which is control. The point of laws like these being made is not to go after every file sharer or open source developer, but to create the control and leverage to be able to do so when it is advantageous to them. It creates yet another situation where independent development can be suppressed if it is considered a threat (even a minor one) by the industrial-political complex. Most independent developers can't defend themselves in the US legal system because of the cost involved in litigating anything in the USA, and having a near guaranteed win for the plaintiffs if backed by this kind of law will absolutely guarantee that they can push beyond the initial stages and magistrate courts to make it a long and expensive case for defendants who are likely to lose in the end. In a nutshell: it's setting up the system for unfair advantages and practices to further the levers available to big entities.