The SOPA secret: why aren't major Internet companies doing more?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3363465

by glimcat • 15 years ago

22 6 15 years ago

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Top personnel at companies like Google and Facebook have made statements against SOPA. Wikipedia is considering a site blackout in protest.

Why aren't they getting the word out to the public? Change the Google logo and put it at the top of search results. Sticky it on Facebook walls. Change Wikipedia's donation ad to inform people about SOPA.

These sites have huge audiences which cut across demographics. Why aren't they using them?

mooism2• 15 years ago

In Google's case, could it be considered abusing their monopoly?

mrkmcknz• 15 years ago

If SOPA does go through and it probably will, no one wants to start off in the bad books.

glimcat• 15 years ago

Also, here's a guy who's looking for collaborators to help fight this by making Facebook apps:

http://www.reddit.com/r/SOPA/comments/ng84h/have_you_or_anyo...

Zomgitsduke• 15 years ago

For SOPA, Google should remove ALL search engine listings of copyright material(even websites created by the owners of the copyrighted material) just as ISPs would be expected to block entire site roots because it's easier. That way, there would be no copyright material accessible online. See how many media companies support SOPA under this new policy.

xer0• 15 years ago

My understanding is that everything is copyright automatically, unless given to the public domain. Your post here, for example, is copyright by you.

mgmuscari• 15 years ago

Google doesn't have a monopoly on search technology, they just have market saturation. They are free to post what they will on their landing page. This is a critical issue, and the congressional committee involved has decided to reconvene on December 21st to make a decision. The major news media companies are blacking out this issue, because their lobbying has led to the creation of this bill, and they know it would not garner any public support if people knew about and understood it. It is the responsibility of the companies that compose the backbone of the Internet to inform the public about the danger of this kind of legislation.

The SOPA secret: why aren't major Internet companies doing more?

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