system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why would people be in support of SOPA?

Most people I know that actually knows about SOPA either doesn't want to see if passed or is indifferent. I have yet to meet someone that actually wants it. So why would GoDaddy and other companies (that don't own copyrighted materials that are often pirated) actually want it?
gpt
Part of the enforcement of this bill will be taking down domain names, updating DNS records, etc, which all put a lot of responsibility and burden on hosting companies and domain registrars. Godaddy is the largest domain registrar, and many of the smaller companies will not have the resources to enforce the new law. Presumably Godaddy supports it because it will eliminate their competition. Also, they wrote themselves in as an exception to the law, so they won't have to do any extra work, they just sit back and watch as their competition is eliminated.

On the surface, the "Stop Online Piracy Act" sounds like a good thing. We're led to believe online piracy is a horrible, terrible thing, that costs copyright holders bajillions of dollars per year, and it's out of control, we have no laws to stop it, and the only way to stop it is to write new laws. This couldn't be further from the truth. We already have a lot of laws to stop it, the entertainment industry continues to post record profits each year, etc, but on the surface, saying "this law will put a stop to piracy" gets a lot of people's support, so long as they don't actually read or understand the implications of the bill.