▁Un s atisf ied , ▁media ▁companies , ▁Sh ir ky ▁claims , ▁continued ▁to ▁push ▁government ▁to ▁create ▁more ▁swe eping ▁legisl ation ▁which ▁would ▁h inder ▁any ▁form ▁of ▁sharing . ▁This ▁pressure , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁created ▁the ▁Digital ▁Mill en ni um ▁Copy right ▁Act . ▁It ▁was ▁now ▁legal ▁for ▁media ▁companies ▁to ▁sell ▁un copy able ▁material ▁although ▁un copy able ▁digital ▁material ▁does ▁not ▁exist . ▁To ▁rem edy ▁this ▁fact , ▁Sh ir ky ▁states ▁that ▁media ▁companies ▁now ▁tried ▁to ▁break ▁consumer ' s ▁computer ▁hardware ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁ill usion ▁that ▁the ▁media ▁they ▁purchased ▁was ▁indeed ▁un copy able . ▁ ▁Where as ▁DM CA ▁was ▁" s urg ical ," ▁S OP A ▁is ▁" n uc lear " ▁since ▁the ▁law ▁st ip ul ates ▁any ▁sites ▁pointing ▁to ▁" il legal " ▁content ▁may ▁be ▁cens ored . ▁Ult imately , ▁Sh ir ky ▁points ▁out ▁the ▁public - at - large ▁is ▁by ▁far ▁the ▁largest ▁produ cers ▁of ▁content ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁the ▁ones ▁which ▁will ▁be ▁cens ured . ▁They ▁will ▁be ▁pres umed ▁guilty ▁until ▁they ▁can ▁prove ▁the ▁content ▁they ▁published ▁is ▁not ▁illegal . ▁This ▁turns ▁the ▁American ▁legal ▁system ▁on ▁its ▁head . ▁He ▁clos es ▁by ▁encourag ing ▁Americans ▁to ▁contact ▁their ▁sen ators ▁and ▁con gress men ▁and ▁rem inding ▁them ▁they ▁prefer ▁" not ▁to ▁be ▁treated ▁like ▁a ▁th ief ." ▁ ▁Dist ributed