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From http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/money http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/money Specific orgs supporting the bill: Microsoft, CBS, MLB, NB
by toshiblue 15y ago
From http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/money http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/money
Specific orgs supporting the bill:
Microsoft, CBS, MLB, NBA, NFL, Disney, Bose, Nike, etc, etc.
Specific orgs opposed to the bill:
Google, Yahoo, VISA, AmEx, and some foundations, groups, non-profits...but that's it.
- codedivine 15y agoI don't get why Pfizer, Adidas etc are supporting this. What do they gain out of this?
- Xuzz 15y agoCounterfeits, possibly? I believe a lot of counterfeits are sold online and those companies might be interested in trying to get rid of those.
- jhancock 15y agoMy take is that SOPA is about a great deal more than digital goods. The global economy has enormous minor/innocent IP infringement as well as blatant copying. Companies want to circumvent tradition legal approaches to protecting their IP and it looks like they may get it.
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- einhverfr 15y agoAnd it's not like our Constitution guarantees the protection of traditional legal approaches or anything. Oh wait....
- robryan 15y agoGrey market goods? Currently these big companies fight a losing battle trying to secure their distribution to only authorised dealers. I would assume this bill would make it a lot easier for them to get sites they don't want trading their goods shut down.
- sukuriant 15y ago.. why is Microsoft supporting this bill...?
- roc 15y agoThey stand to gain more from IP enforcement than lose to the false positives and business opportunities. Also, perhaps more cynically, it stands to do very serious harm to Google.