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I don't get why Pfizer, Adidas etc are supporting this. What do they gain out of this?

• Xuzz 15y ago
  Counterfeits, 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 ago
  My 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 ago
    And it's not like our Constitution guarantees the protection of traditional legal approaches or anything. Oh wait....
• robryan 15y ago
  Grey 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.