Originally Posted by VGeorgie

Since it was the US that built the domain name and assigned numbers systems I don't know if they have a choice. They can always come up with something of their own. If they have the communications infrastructure they can create their own version of the interwebs.

The US has so far been pretty hands-off on most things related to Internet trade, so you have to give them the benefit of the doubt. But it's silly to think that, in this economy, if US-based businesses are being affected by some widespread activity they deem illegal that they'll just sit by and do nothing.