The ad proves the old maxim true: "Everyone's a reactionary against something they know about." Nearly all of the companies listed in this ad were heavy donors

The ad proves the old maxim true: "Everyone's a reactionary against something they know about." Nearly all of the companies listed in this ad were heavy donors to the Obama administration. Now they understand what their donation got them. Everyone in the Internet industry feels extreme pain when these regulations are proposed, and rightly so. SOPA is an insane example of a bankrupt government flailing about. However, the same commentariat thinks that regulation is somehow "necessary" in medicine, law, or energy. ("<Calamity-of-the-day> could have been prevented if we just had more rules on the books! Surely the evil profit-making corporations would cut every corner they could, just to make a buck! It's not like taking it in the shorts every single day in the press will hit their stock price!") Once you've tasted government intervention in your industry, you'll want some mouthwash.