@brixperience SOPA, and PIPA did not pass. I haven't heard about that video being taken down but if it was because of it's content, then it was done in an absence of written law. THAT is scarier.
By the way, one could gather that this song is about a dystopian future from the writers it references. All these writers are famous for writing books, that give an example of what the world can become, and in contrast what it could be. Also pick up a book people =/, the song isn't about cocaine....
It looks like they changed the band around a little bit, adding new members. The Shins still sound great though.