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They are in a totally different market. Why would they be a signee?

• thematt 15y ago
  What are you talking about? Microsoft is in the same market as at least 5 of those companies listed.
  • jrockway 15y ago
    SOPA is largely an anti-counterfeiting bill. Microsoft does not want people to be able to buy counterfeit versions of Windows, so they support this bill. Google, on the other hand, doesn't make anything that can be counterfeited, so they have nothing to gain from this bill. They do have a lot to lose (with all the censorship provisions), so they are taking a stand against the bill.
    • un1xl0ser 15y ago
      I agree that's what they are pushing it for, but they seem to want to apply the same hammers to counterfeiting of physical goods and digital copyright infringement. Physical goods and media are very different. The lost-income argument of this needs to be battled, because I doubt that everyone buying fake rolexes at $200 each is going to be saving up for the real deal. I have to assume that the same type of arguments are propping up this debate. I want to know where the people that support this get these numbers from. Do people really think that by passing this legislation we will somehow get money for nothing? Does anyone really think that this won't be applied to Wikileaks and the like...
    • waqf 15y ago
      > SOPA is ostensibly an anti-counterfeiting bill. ... FTFY.
  • rbanffy 15y ago
    Imagine Microsoft being able to block Google at the DNS level because Android infringes on their IP. Imagine Apple wielding the same power against Samsung and every retailer carrying Samsung phones. They may never use that power, but it would certainly make negotiating much easier.