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Crowdsourced List of SOPA Supporters
Fraser Cain writes "GoDaddy listened to reason, and reversed their position on SOPA. Here's a crowdsourced list of every other company supporting SOPA with web address, Twitter feed, contact emails and phone numbers. Perhaps they should be contacted to find out if they still fully support SOPA, or have changed their mind."
Can someone please post a link that is accessible to everyone, not just Google users?
Palm trees and 8
Reason? Caved into public humiliation more like. Reason had nothing to do with it, bad publicity, losing customers and losing money was what caused it - and remember GoDaddy had a clause where SOPA wouldn't apply to them anyway.
Because they want to shut down every online shop that sells cheap footwear falsely claiming it to be Nike? Actually, forget the second part - just shut down any online shop that sells cheap footwear without due process.
LOL, this fool thinks this is all about pirated music.
Clearly you don't realize that supporting this bill is akin to supporting terrorism, child rape, and the murdering of baby seals. For shame!
GoDaddy didn't reverse their position at all. They are still in support of SOPA. Here is the CEO refusing to come out against the bill:
http://gizmodo.com/5870920/brave-godaddy-ceo-says-hes-neither-for-nor-against-sopa
no $1000 handbag for my wife now.
They said they will simply take a less forward stance (less openly pro-SOPA). They definitely did not change course.
"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam" - Japanese ministry official.
"Perhaps they should be contacted to find out if they still fully support SOPA, or have changed their mind."
...or ever supported it to begin with. Anyone on the planet can add a company to this list with no confirmation that it's true. And there's nothing to prevent anyone from deleting companies. Sounds like a great mechanism to slander or harass innocent companies, and one that's oh-so-easy to sabotage by someone who supports SOPA. Good luck with this.
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(Hopefully this wont get /. a take down notice!)
Sung to the tune of Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American"
"Sucks to be an American"
[Verse]
If tomorrow all my posts were gone I'd created all my life,
And I had to start again under a lawsuit filled with strife.
I'd curse my karma to be living here today,
'Cause congress sold the flag of freedom
And the corporations took it away.
[Chorus]
It sucks to be an American
Where we have Fox News on TV
My girl can't sing a cover of Brittney Spears
Because SOPA's censored she,
They issued a take down, and sued my family
For 15 million bucks,
Cause there ain't no doubt congress sold this land,
And SOPAs just one way.
[Verse]
From the Sony lakes of Minnesota, to the Disney hills of Tennessee
Across the plais of RCA Texas, from company to company.
From multinational owned Detroit and Houston and L.A,
There's fear in every American heart
And it's time we stand and say:
[Chorus]
It sucks to be an American
Where we have Fox News on TV
My girl can't sing a cover of Brittney Spears
Because SOPA's censored she,
They issued a take down, and sued my family
For 15 million bucks,
Cause there ain't no doubt congress sold this land,
And SOPAs just one way.
Silence is a state of mime.
Considering Autodesk actually stands to gain a little by allowing individual pirates to use their software (ie hobbyists who cant afford outrageous fees) , I am surprised to see them on this list. I would also be surprised to see adobe on here, but gladly they are not.
Large communities surround 3D studio max, Maya, and Mudbox. The likelihood they paid for the software is minimal, and the likelihood they make content that generates revenue is even smaller. But! They also become the back bone to an industry of artists who DO create revenue generating content. Allowing younger individuals to use this software builds, how ever silly, alliances to that software and in turn probable profit for Autodesk down the line.
I would like to hear arguments against this position though.
Thoughts?
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What exactly does the Fraternal Order of Police stand to gain from passage of SOPA exactly??
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Lets not believe all the hype. GoDaddy has decided, for business reasons, that it is no longer publicly supporting SOPA. GoDaddy is NOT publicly saying that they are against SOPA.
From the GoDaddy Website (and with the assistance of their lawyers and public relations team):
In changing its position, Go Daddy remains steadfast in its promise to support security and stability of the Internet. In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support.
"Go Daddy has always fought to preserve the intellectual property rights of third parties, and will continue to do so in the future," Jones said.
Doesn't sound like much of a retreat to me, especially when they say (in regards to SOPA and the DMCA, that "... and we will continue to do so in the future.".
Also, something interesting, if you look at the official list of SOPA supporters, it is filled with a lot of Christian organizations (they either have the word Christian in their name, or they are Christian conservative in their lifestyles and political beliefs), like this group:
Concerned Women for America, whose mandate is:
Not that I am trying to Troll or make this into a religious controversy, but I do find it curious that along with the usual suspects like the big media conglomerates, that there would be so many Christian organizations interested in stopping the sale of counterfeit Rolex watches. Though I think we all know that when governments and corporations band together to promote a police state for our own protection, things aren't always as they appear.
And speaking of corporations, why am I forced to create a Google account just so that I can RTFA?!
References:
https://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=378&isc=smtwsup
http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Supporters.pdf
Microsoft is a SOPA supporter by proxy in that it is a member of the pro SOPA Business Software Alliance. By doing their dirty work this way some other companies may also be attempting to escape being named and shamed as SOPA supporters. Note...Kapersky terminated their BSA membership over the SOPA issue. Wikipedia is kind enough to list the BSA members for us so perhaps this list (excluding Kapersky) should be added to this campaign? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Software_Alliance
students aren't going to drop three grand for software
No but schools will drop hundreds of thousands of dollars on site licenses. What do you think a typical college pays for a site license for Autocad or Matlab? These companies would rather see students learning how to use their software in a trade school.
Palm trees and 8
LOL, this fool thinks this is all about pirated music.
Sadly, that's what the MafiAA is trying to convince the majority of the public of.
And that's what the fucking fools in Congress who said things like "We don't need to bring in a bunch of nerds to explain this bill to us" believe too. Well that and they believe in continuing to get MafiAA bribery money^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H"campaign donations."
IIRC, most color photocopiers (and some printers) detect efforts to copy US currency and refuse. I don't think it's a government mandate, just all copier manufacturers realising that if they didn't do it voluntarily, it'd be mandated sooner or later. Given that very few people have a legitimate reason for copying money (The only one I can think of would be as props in photos or performances), it mostly goes unnoticed.
I find it unproductive that certain members of congress openly state, "Businesses can and should regulate themselves," and then support SOPA which ignores Constitutional law.
"Enemy of my enemy is my friend." - Ancient proverb
Not just SCE.
Sony Electronics Inc.
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Nashville
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
https://twitter.com/#!/Ford/
We haven't specifically supported the proposed bill. We believe IP protection is crucial & believe in Internet freedom ^SM
Excuse us, but we never specifically said anything about that particular bill. (con't)^SM
We believe IP protection is crucial and will work with Congress to balance innovation & Internet freedom. ^SM
No official position; we support legislation that protects IP but want innovation to flourish (i.e. Internet freedom) ^SM
>Hell, their idea of a "cheap" product is AutoCAD LT which is still $500.
And LT is a 2D cad.
You want CAD that will read .dwg files?
Dassault's Draftsight. It's free. It's also cross platform - Windows, Macintosh, and Linux.
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According tot he law it isn't "theft" it's copyright violation, now back under your bridge troll...
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
Actually, Microsoft is against it. http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57330078-281/surprise-microsoft-quietly-opposes-sopa-copyright-bill/ And the BSA is backing off fast... http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/21/bsa-sopa-response/
While I think that this list is a worthwhile effort, there should be some evidentiary requirement for an entity to be listed.
Public commentary, news releases, statements in interviews, response to inquiry, etc. are verifiable and not difficult to find or obtain.
It is possible that some have been listed erroneously, by either good or ill intentioned persons.
Without some method of including evidence the usefulness and value of this list is questionable.
Read, L
Actually, in most cases it is the driver. Printers do not have enough horsepower to check every image that way.
Its not just copyright infringement. Sites that try to bypass the usual import routes will also be targeted.
In the UK we commonly pay 50-200% more than people in the US for goods. Some places like Australia
are even worse. Every now and then someone tries to get around this by importing it themselves. This
happens frequently with wheelchairs that are often twice the price just because there is no alternative source.
It wont just be counterfeit goods, anyone who doesn't use the proper distribution channels will be hit too.
But Jesus was a pirate. He copied that fish and bread. When you ask yourself what Jesus would do, the answer is clearly 'pirate it and share with others.'
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I would throw in DoubleCAD as well. I use it constantly at work and it's really quite good. It isn't on Mac or Linux though. I'll have to check out Draftsight though!
I call it 'The Aristocrats'
Caterpillar is on the list too. They must have trouble with people pirating their backhoes and bulldozers. That must take a shit-ton of 3D printer feed...
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
While this list is a good start to see which companies to avoid doing business with, I would like to see a list of companies that are vocal about being against SOPA so that I can direct my spending dollars towards them. If a lot of people shifted their spending dollars towards those companies against SOPA, maybe the loss of income may change the pro-SOPA mentality.
Makes perfect sense. Businesses, who as we all know are the epitome of ethics, can be trusted to do the Right Thing(tm). Whereas Joe Q. Public is only one step away from smoking pot, kissing a member of his own sex, downloading Britney Spears and buying a fake Rolex, and needs to be held in line with threats, teargas and the promise of an eternity in hell for his sins.
People replying to my sig annoy me. That's why I change it all the time.
google (tm) "harley davidson t-shirts" and see after the first few pages its all rip-offs.
Wow. Bike sales must be tanking if their tee-shirt spin off makes them willing to throw the internet under the bus just for a tee shirt royalty.
Do these people not understand that free advertising is worth WAY more than they earn from tee shirt sales?
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GoDaddy has NOT withdrawn its official congressional support for SOPA
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
GoDaddy has NOT withdrawn its official congressional support for SOPA
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
With apologies to Pastor Martin Niemöller's famous poem, First they came..., his cry of protest against those Germans who did nothing to stop the Nazi rise to power, and who stood by as the Nazis purged group after group of "undesirables" in their country.
http://webweaversworld.blogspot.com/2006/10/first-they-came-for-jews-variations-on.html
When SOPA came for the ISPs,
I remained silent;
after all I was not an ISP.
When SOPA locked up the all the routers,
I remained silent;
after all I did not have a router.
When they came for the movie uploaders,
I did not speak out;
after all I was not an uploader.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.