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."

Comments

Google Docs?

[betterunixthanunix]

Can someone please post a link that is accessible to everyone, not just Google users?

Re:Google Docs?

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

The document is public, no sign-in required. Or that's what Google says at least.

If that's the case, they are lying. All I get is a sign in page.

Re:Google Docs?

[Anonymous Coward]

I just copied the names, because the contact information is being updated, but for what it's worth here:

http://piratenpad.de/c3ADz3hTxY

Re:Google Docs?

[Spad]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmGJz_37ojoqdFZhYlBhN2hQOGRoN2R0ZGh3VDZlblE&pli=1#gid=0

Whoever posted the article did so with the login as part of the link,

Re:Google Docs?

[Anonymous Coward]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmGJz_37ojoqdFZhYlBhN2hQOGRoN2R0ZGh3VDZlblE&output=html

This should be a truly public version of the sheet, read-only though.

Listened to reason?

[blowdart]

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.

Re:why footwear?

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

GoDaddy Still Supports SOPA

[classzero]

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

Re:GoDaddy Still Supports SOPA

[rtfa-troll]

100% right. And we can get a good guess where their policy is coming from when we see that Christine Jones has this on her Blog, undersigned in her role as general counsel and corporate secretary of GoDaddy.com

The debate about the contents of this bill, and its companion bill in the Senate, the PROTECT IP Act, has been heated in recent weeks, as companies within the Internet ecosystem have rallied to lobby against the passage of legislation which might hold us accountable.

That myopic view has never been shared by Go Daddy.

The boycott of Go Daddy should not stop until at least Christine has been fired.

GoDaddy did *not* reverse position

[blind biker]

They said they will simply take a less forward stance (less openly pro-SOPA). They definitely did not change course.

crowdsourced

[tverbeek]

"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.

Re:crowdsourced

[VortexCortex]

Interesting. If it's "slander" to say Company X supports SOPA, then it must be a very heinous bill indeed.

I get your point: That there's no proof of fact-checking, and I can't find a single person among my associates, friends or family that doesn't detest SOPA; However, a company's name mistakingly placed on a list of entities for or against any bill shouldn't equate to slander. If being associated with the bill in any way is cause for libel, then who could ever support or create it in the first place?

Although I'm not aware of any individuals who are for SOPA, I don't doubt their existence. Would not being incorrectly placed on the list of SOPA supporters have a positive effect in this regard? Are you not also assuming a false dichotomy, of those who are for and those against SOPA?

What of those, like me, who realize they are too disenfranchised to give a damn either way? I'm against SOPA and other such bills that rob us of personal rights, but you must realize that government and corporations by and large wants this to pass. This SOPA or a bill like it WILL pass eventually. The sooner the better.

Not until the common people feel the jack-boot of oppression at their own throats will they have the resolve to rally in opposition to this and other such corruptions of power.

(Undoing a mod to post this)

Re:crowdsourced

[houstonbofh]

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.

Amusingly enough, that is how SOPA is designed to work.

Sucks to be an american

[wbr1]

(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.

Autodesk

[pieisgood]

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?

Christians are in Favour of SOPA

[Anonymous Coward]

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:

We are the nation's largest public policy women's organization with a rich 28-year history of helping our members across the country bring Biblical principles into all levels of public policy. We help people focus on six core issues, which we have determined need Biblical principles most and where we can have the greatest impact.

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

Re:Christians are in Favour of SOPA

[iamwahoo2]

Anyone looking to contact the religious organizations might want to point out that intellectual property did not exist when "thou shalt not steal" was written in stone. Furthermore, a lot has been lost in translation, but it is widely recognized that individual property rights were not the same as they are today and that "stealing" refers to the monopolization of resources that were needed by the group of people as a whole and perceived to be common property. Ie. "thou shalt not claim ownership of the only source of drinkable water in the area and deny it to others'. Viewed from this more accurate interpretation of "thou shalt not steal", intellectual property is "stealing". It is taking something previously thought to be common property and claiming it as your own and using that to exploit other members of the tribe or other tribes.

Re:Who gives a fuck?

[Moryath]

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."

Re:Wait??

[Anonymous Coward]

What exactly does the Fraternal Order of Police stand to gain from passage of SOPA exactly??

Instant removal of sites hosting videos and pictures of police brutality or improper conduct?

Re:Who gives a fuck?

[LifesABeach]

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

Re:STOP SOCIALISM AND SUPPORT SOPA!

[king neckbeard]

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.'

Re:why footwear?

[GameboyRMH]

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...

Re:Who gives a fuck?

[Jedi Alec]

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.

GoDaddy continues supporting SOPA

[Weezul]

GoDaddy has NOT withdrawn its official congressional support for SOPA