Big Internet is going to have to spend a lot more money if they want to win the war. Big Media & friends are outspending Big Internet when it comes to lobbying

Big Internet is going to have to spend a lot more money if they want to win the war. Big Media & friends are outspending Big Internet when it comes to lobbying. According to Opensecrets[1]: Computers/Internet spent $125.6M in 2011. OTOH, TV/Movies/Music spent $123.2M and Telecom spent $58.9M. But that’s not all of their allies. If you look at the SOPA supporters list[2], many of them produce brand name goods, like Tiffany. They're worried about counterfeiters. Let’s call this potential group of supporters, Misc Business. In 2011, they spent $491.2M.[3] It boils down to incentives. For them, there’s limited downside to supporting SOPA-like legislation, and a lot of upside in deterring pirates. 1: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&year=2011 http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&... 2: https://sites.google.com/site/boycottsopasponsors/home/list-of-supporters-and-sponsors https://sites.google.com/site/boycottsopasponsors/home/list-... 3: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indus.php?id=N&year=a http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indus.php?id=N&year=a