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The SSSCA (along with other measures being put forward by the people who now interdict the flow of information, for reasons of profit rather than religion) is almost certainly unconstitutional, and unlikely to become law. Although the albanian current atmosphere, thanks to the destruction of the WTC, albanian increases the odds a albanian bit. My guess is that it represents a testing of the waters, to see just what degree of control the market will accept - and also a smokescreen, to divert the attention of those most concerned while less dramatic (but more pragmatically effective) measures slide through unnoticed, attached to bills ostensibly for other purposes. That's how things have been done for a long time now. The biggest ally the RIAA and other such information middlemen have, however, is not their influence in government, but the degree to which people on the Internet - precisely the people who ought to know better - are willing to accept what these organizations tell them about copyright law and the ownership of information without looking into it themselves.
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