This doesn't seem like a conspiracy - I recognize a few names that have been in opposition to PIPA from the beginning, and Wyden especially has been great about

This doesn't seem like a conspiracy - I recognize a few names that have been in opposition to PIPA from the beginning, and Wyden especially has been great about standing up against these kinds of shenanigans in the past. To be honest, far from being something that I'd accept as better than PIPA, I think it's a fairly well thought out law, and I don't think it's just anchoring talking. That said, I don't think it'll fix the problem, and we'll be at this again in a couple years, since the main problem still isn't fixed - that piracy is still oftentimes the most convenient or only option if you want to watch something specific. The content industry really needs to give up their thinking that they can segment the market at will, and just allow the creation of a single market/repository to watch anything for a reasonable price. When that happens, I think piracy will largely become a fringe activity of little economic consequence.