Congress is in the midst of deciding whether to interfere in the one piece of the American economy that seems to be working well — the Internet. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA; the Senate has its own version called PROTECT IP) promises, in the words of House Judiciary Lamar Smith, “protect one of the most productive sectors” of that same economy. He’s talking about copyright holders in the “productive” media, music and film industry, who are trying to protect their cozy 20th century business model by running to Uncle Sam. Read →