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Wow, surprising to see Visa on that list. Here's a direct link to the list on the techcrunch article. http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%2

Wow, surprising to see Visa on that list. Here's a direct link to the list on the techcrunch article. http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Supporters.pdf http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

nextparadigms 15y ago
Mastercard should be there, too. They even had a "witness" at the first hearing. Can we get a list for the companies supporting Protect IP, too? We don't want that one to slip past us, either.
- samstave 15y ago
  Mastercard (and Visa) are both on the PDF I linked to above.. http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Supporters.pdf http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su... EDIT: Just realized this was the same as the GP link.
  - ggchappell 15y ago
    But not Discover. Interesting.
    - alexg0 15y ago
      Not American Express either.
- wallflower 15y ago
  > They even had a "witness" at the first hearing Mastercard's VP Linda Kirkpatrick was the only witness at that hearing who testified with any semblance of being not 100% pro-SOPA at that hearing. > As noted yesterday, Visa is actually officially against these bills, which makes this one at least somewhat interesting, because the story we'd been hearing was that MasterCard was in favor of them. But Kirkpatrick's testimony is actually kind of surprising. While we expected it to be very pro-SOPA... it turns out that she's very concerned about the massive compliance and liability costs of the bill. Kirkpatrick explains how MasterCard works, and goes to great lengths to say it's against the company's policy to use its cards for any transactions that break the law. And it already has an existing anti-piracy policy, which allows law enforcement and rights holders to bring such infringement using its cards to the company's attention. It then explains its investigation and notification policy. This is all very interesting... and basically makes an anti-SOPA point: given that MasterCard already does this, why does it need SOPA? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111116/00035716786/look-testimony-given-todays-sopa-lovefest-congressional-hearings-with-surprise-mastercard.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111116/00035716786/look-t...
- tzs 15y ago
  Why the quotes around the word witness?
- hub_ 15y ago
  Both are there, and with their take in the Wikileak blockade it should not surprise anybody to see them supporting SOPA.
sequoia 15y ago
eww... the Graphic Artists' Guild is on the list. That's really disappointing. https://www.graphicartistsguild.org/ https://www.graphicartistsguild.org/
- nosse 15y ago
  Surprisingly un-artsy page btw..

nextparadigms 15y ago

Mastercard should be there, too. They even had a "witness" at the first hearing. Can we get a list for the companies supporting Protect IP, too? We don't want that one to slip past us, either.

samstave 15y ago
Mastercard (and Visa) are both on the PDF I linked to above.. http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Supporters.pdf http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su... EDIT: Just realized this was the same as the GP link.
- ggchappell 15y ago
  But not Discover. Interesting.
  - alexg0 15y ago
    Not American Express either.
wallflower 15y ago
> They even had a "witness" at the first hearing Mastercard's VP Linda Kirkpatrick was the only witness at that hearing who testified with any semblance of being not 100% pro-SOPA at that hearing. > As noted yesterday, Visa is actually officially against these bills, which makes this one at least somewhat interesting, because the story we'd been hearing was that MasterCard was in favor of them. But Kirkpatrick's testimony is actually kind of surprising. While we expected it to be very pro-SOPA... it turns out that she's very concerned about the massive compliance and liability costs of the bill. Kirkpatrick explains how MasterCard works, and goes to great lengths to say it's against the company's policy to use its cards for any transactions that break the law. And it already has an existing anti-piracy policy, which allows law enforcement and rights holders to bring such infringement using its cards to the company's attention. It then explains its investigation and notification policy. This is all very interesting... and basically makes an anti-SOPA point: given that MasterCard already does this, why does it need SOPA? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111116/00035716786/look-testimony-given-todays-sopa-lovefest-congressional-hearings-with-surprise-mastercard.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111116/00035716786/look-t...
tzs 15y ago
Why the quotes around the word witness?
hub_ 15y ago
Both are there, and with their take in the Wikileak blockade it should not surprise anybody to see them supporting SOPA.

sequoia 15y ago

eww... the Graphic Artists' Guild is on the list. That's really disappointing. https://www.graphicartistsguild.org/ https://www.graphicartistsguild.org/

nosse 15y ago
Surprisingly un-artsy page btw..