I'm relatively sure that if there's enough public outrage and media coverage, some of the bought politicians might reconsider. I mean, COICA didn't pass after all, right?
Well, the PROTECT IP Act is like a rehashed version of COICA. They're just going to keep renaming the same type of bill until it gets passed. Plus, most of the public doesn't care because they don't know what's going on and the major news media doesn't care much to inform them. They get more ratings off of celebrity scandals anyways.
COICA was reincarnated as PROTECTIP. The problem with trying to build public outrage over *AA actions is that the media companies control the only communication channels that most people use to form their opinions.
