Official list of SOPA supporters

http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/22/list-of-sopa-supporters/

by superchink • 15 years ago

292 30 15 years ago

And there's the Gospel Music Association. Could there be anything more opposite to the concept of gospel than the concept of copyright?.

Absurdity.

eberfreitas• 15 years ago

Or _market_!

amalcon• 15 years ago

The major U.S. cable companies seem to be on that list. The major U.S. phone companies do not.

Many of us are in a situation where our ISP choices consist of the cable company and the phone company. One might consider this a point in the phone company's favor.

nextparadigms• 15 years ago

This is why I think Youtube would've died a long time ago under SOPA. The cable companies companies and TV networks hate Youtube, and it would've been a piece of cake to take down Youtube before it would've grown too large.

wakoumel• 15 years ago

So how do we hurt these company's pockets? Anything besides not buying their products?

kaybe• 15 years ago

Is hurting them really the only option? Converting would be more useful..

MBlume• 15 years ago

Hurting is how you convert.

Natsu2• 15 years ago

I expect them to act strictly in self-interest. Hurting them may be the only way to make it clear where that interest lies, but you're certainly right that other options are worth exploring if they can be found.

tectonic• 15 years ago

I remember the days when boycots were very effective. Can we do that again?

danssig• 15 years ago

They still are. Glenn Beck isn't on Fox anymore, right?

premchai21• 15 years ago

I'm guessing that Flash being embedded from scribdassets.com is the list? I don't suppose there's a way to get access to this in plain text, or even a raster image?

cjensen• 15 years ago

There's a link to the PDF near the top of the article. Worked on my iPad, may help others.

thisismyname• 15 years ago

This isn't about Hollywood... Its about Wikileaks and everyone else who wants to use their first ammendment right. thats my $.02

zbowling• 15 years ago

who makes it "official".

superchink• 15 years ago

"The U.S. House judiciary committee responsible for the Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA)" - from the first sentence in the link (note the URL for the PDF is at http://judiciary.house.gov).

runjake• 15 years ago

At least one company that was apparently on the list strongly denies they support or ever supported SOPA and PROTECT IP:

http://www.petzl.com/us/outdoor/news-2/2011/12/22/petzl-amer...

I wonder how many others are puppet entries. They'd better speak up fast before their reputation is ruined.

lukeqsee• 15 years ago

And here is your list of companies to boycott.

We can talk all we want, but until our money matches our mouths nothing will happen. (GoDaddy is just the start.)

masmullin• 15 years ago

I was initially against SOPA, but seeing as the United States Tennis Association supports SOPA, I've decided that it's obviously in the best interests of the Internets.

If there is one truth to this world, its that the United States Tennis Association knows Internets.

marquis• 15 years ago

Yes, today it occurred to me that pirated sets of Wimbledon matches must really be hurting the tennis business.

va_coder• 15 years ago

This is simply old and big media desperately trying to hold on to power.

jaysonelliot• 15 years ago

Is there an official list of SOPA opponents?

Natsu2• 15 years ago

Everybody else, minus those who have never heard of it. Or something like that.

Seriously, though, the best I could find were the creators of http://americancensorship.org/ I'm sure that there's a lot more opposition than just the people who created that, but that site doesn't appear to have a supporters page that one can sign on to. Or if they do, I missed it.

pauldino• 15 years ago

Not official, but http://www.cdt.org/report/list-organizations-and-individuals... has a long list of letters of opposition and concern from a wide range of organizations and individuals addressed to congress.

gnufied• 15 years ago

I am surprised Visa is both in proponents and opponents list. :)

rolando• 15 years ago

notice how many law firms are on this list

topherjaynes• 15 years ago

Why so many cosmetic companies? And Tiffany and Co? Actually kind of curious do they have parent companies on the list?t

msbarnett• 15 years ago

It's because these companies routinely use IP laws to sue anyone who attempts to resell in the US products of theirs bought on cheaper markets outside the US.

iamandrus• 15 years ago

Because their products are technically "pirated" (stolen and sold for less, counterfeits are made, etc).

gws• 15 years ago

Both MasterCard and Visa are in the list (while I read somewhere else Amex is against SOPA), why would they support SOPA?

Official list of SOPA supporters

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