Here in the USA, ACTA doesn't actually take effect (for us) until our congress votes to ratify the treaty. The ACTA vote is somewhere further off in the future

Here in the USA, ACTA doesn't actually take effect (for us) until our congress votes to ratify the treaty. The ACTA vote is somewhere further off in the future, whereas SOPA was a more immediate issue, with voting right around the corner (until derailed by all the protests).