Berman stated that the legislation would have given copyright holders "both carrots and sticks" and said that "copyright owners should be free to use reasonable, limited self-help measures to thwart P2P piracy if they can do so without causing harm."
Berman argued that the legislation would give copyright holders both advantages and disadvantages in combating peer-to-peer piracy. He suggested that copyright holders could use "reasonable, limited self-help measures" to stop piracy, as long as these actions didn't cause any damage.