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instead of pissing all over the constitution and trying to become the World Police, heres an idea:

1. stop making shit movies that noone wants to see. its been years since a movie came out that made me say 'i must go see this in theatres'. 

Good luck with that. Most studios aim for the lowest common denominator, in order to maximize the profit margin. They don't give a crap about artistic merit; they only care about ROI. I mean, hell, when even IFC stuffs its schedule with Malcolm In The Middle reruns to fill time, you know the movie industry has gone to shit.

The grandest irony is, Hollywood itself was founded by what many shills today would call intellectual property pirates. Folks got tired of paying Edison to rent cameras, rent film, rent studio equipment, etc... so they moved to LA where they could make and sell movies without having to pay royalties to Edison for his patented bits. 

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Quote - When did access to stolen goods become a Constitutional right?

Here's your problem: legally, it's not theft. The owner isn't deprived of the good in question, as it is merely copied.  Is it right? Only under certain restricted circumstances (e.g. fair use), but even using it wrongly (e.g. passing around copies) is not theft. That's why copyright infringement is a civil matter and not a criminal one (unless profits from bootleg sales are involved, but even in that case it's counted as fraud, not theft).

Quote - When did stealing works that you didn't think have any artistic merit become ethical?

Again, you misuse the terms, and now you confuse it with ethics. It is unethical to violate copyright, and is certainly open to litigation, but it is not theft.

Quote - The reason our politicians are corrupt is because we are corrupt.

Bullshit. Until the day comes where I would sell my integrity and principles for kickbacks, bribes and junkets, I'll happily label your statement as nothing more than sophomoric posturing.

Quote - Do you honestly think that Google, Amazon and Facebook are against this bill because of altruistic reasons or, are they against this bill because it will cost them money to implement and effect their bottom lines?

It will effect everyone's bottom line: ISP fees will go up to account for the increased policing. All it takes is for someone to file a complaint, and poof - down goes a website or a user. Tell me that won't be abused. Oh, wait, SOPA's daddy, the DMCA, is already abused quite frequently.

Innocent parties will certainly be penalized without evidence or even notice. Don't believe me, take a gander at this. The link details how 84,000 innocent websites were labeled as being sources of pedophilic content... courtesy of the US Government.

Seriously, dude... remove your head from your nether regions and do some research.