EA, Nintendo, Sony Quietly Withdraw SOPA Support [Slashdot]

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[BHvrd]

Not sure, but this is hilarious as fuck...


http://www.extremetech.com/computing/108849-sony-universal-fox-google-employees-caught-pirating-tv-movies-music

[Shulamana]

And remember, just because they've withdrawn public support, doesn't mean they aren't secretly cheering it on internally (which of course they are).

[BHvrd]

Here's another interesting article on the subject.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/even-the-business-software-alliance-now-backpedaling-on-sopa-support.ars

[Ze_ro]

And remember, just because they've withdrawn public support, doesn't mean they aren't secretly cheering it on internally (which of course they are).

In all likelihood, they haven't even read the bill. Someone told them this was an anti-piracy bill, and they immediately signed on without knowing the details. Later, when it was obvious that the public was against it, they rescinded their support in order to prevent a GoDaddy-like backlash.

Since they haven't openly opposed SOPA, then either they still haven't read the bill, or they're still secretly supporting it.

--Zero

[Griking]

Bah, it's just a smoke screen for publicity. They're all still members of the Entertainment Software Association which is still a strong supporter of SOPA.