Like gun laws, SOPA will not solve the problem. The Recording industry and the Motion Picture industry are suffering because the technology and social assumptions are and have been obsolete for a very long time. This is exactly why gun laws that governments make do not solve violent crime problems. The technologies and social assumptions have been obsolete for a very long time.
People keep trying to rely upon old notions and ideas. For example, the infamous “saturday night special” laws did nothing to alleviate the fact that handguns are more inexpensive and accessible than ever before. So instead of attempting to regulate or ban them, why not let the market do what it does best and advocate them?
Likewise, with recordings and motion pictures being so easy to copy so inexpensively, why not rely upon that as a distribution medium?
But that would take creativity, planning, and real work. And those are fundamental conservative values. When the economic model you rely upon breaks down, it is time to find a different way to work, not seek government help to prop you up.
