The difference is that there is a recourse from this. You can call people and get it reversed. If SOPA goes through, you would have to go to court get it fixed.
This exactly the point I was trying to make -- this was a nightmare, but at least I could do something about it. The same exact thing could happen with SOPA, but instead of jumping registrars and getting things fixed, the situation would require court, and potentially fines and jail.
If SOPA passes, and this happened, we would be dead. Users won't wait around for months while the courts slog through a case, they'll just move to the next app.
