If every single person who was actively speaking out against SOPA and PIPA represented 100 dollars, you still wouldn't have a fraction of the money that the RIAA et. al. have pumped into congress to make sure this thing goes through. So basically, even if the entire movement was multiplied by 100 and magically turned into something that matters to politicians, it still wouldn't make a difference That's not true at all. Votes matter more to politicians than money most of the time. And there are a lot of people against SOPA. More than you think, probably. There are 350 million people in America. A tiny faction actually know about SOPA and PIPA enough to be concerned. So even if they lost every single one of their votes, they'd still be comfortable, especially given the 95%+ incumbency rate in congress. Votes are more important than money, yes, but when congressmen can get loads of money while losing very few votes, they're very likely to take it.