Over 40 Internet Companies Come Out Publicly Against SOPA
Since the list of 120 or so SOPA supporting companies hit the Internet yesterday, the lines have been drawn; People are publicly promising to pull thousands of domains from domain registrar Godaddy after it appeared on the list as a supporter. Other people are calling those people “bullies.”
Whether you’re for or against it SOPA has become somewhat of a pain point amongst techies, with the overwhelming majority, including myself and almost every other writer on the TechCrunch team, leaning heavily towards “against.”
SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) essentially allows ISPs to block entire domains because a piece of hosted content infringes copyright. As the bill approaches deliberation in House of Representatives next month, a steady stream of Internet companies have taken anti-SOPA stands. After all, sacrificing innovation to save a dying business model is a close as it gets to anathema in these parts.
Here’s a list of all the publicly anti-SOPA tech/Internet companies I could find. Please add other ones you know of in the comments.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/22/over-4 ... inst-sopa/
SOPA
Moderators: JeanInMontana, rockingmtranch, ShadowPuterDude, admin, MysteryFCM, Owner
- rockingmtranch
- I Have Powah
- Posts: 1893
- Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:13 pm
- Location: Meadowbrook, CA
- Contact:
SOPA
Linux. Don't fight it. You will be assimilated.
*******
Gulf War Vet--2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry--Fort Polk, LA
*******
Gulf War Vet--2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry--Fort Polk, LA
- JeanInMontana
- It's Mine!!
- Posts: 3331
- Joined: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:10 am
- Location: South Central Montana
- Contact:
Re: SOPA
Even with a site as small as this it is nearly impossible to monitor every bit of content for copyright infringement. Policing the Internet is a lost cause IMO. Thanks for the post.
- rockingmtranch
- I Have Powah
- Posts: 1893
- Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:13 pm
- Location: Meadowbrook, CA
- Contact:
Re: SOPA
Everyone I've "talked" to has come to the same conclusion Jean. Just too complicated.
Linux. Don't fight it. You will be assimilated.
*******
Gulf War Vet--2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry--Fort Polk, LA
*******
Gulf War Vet--2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry--Fort Polk, LA
- JeanInMontana
- It's Mine!!
- Posts: 3331
- Joined: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:10 am
- Location: South Central Montana
- Contact:
Re: SOPA
The tools that come up with this legislation have no idea how the WWW works and most of this stuff is because some special interest has paid them off to pass a law that benefits them and no one else. Requiring you ISP to log your activity? Who needs that? Big Brother.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest