(BREAKING NEWS! Congress puts SOPA PIPA on Hold! )
Wondering who is supporting the EVIL BILL that we now know as SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)?
Today, the Justice Department released the complete list of 142 Corporations and other Entities that are OPENLY supporting the passage of this Bill. The SOPA bill was originally introduced by Tea Party Republican Lamar Smith.
Some surprising supporters include Revlon (yes the make-up company), Tiffany’s Co (the Jewellery Company) and a whole bunch of Church / Bible Entities.
List Of SOPA Bill Supporters
- 60 Plus Association
- ABC
- Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP)
- American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States
- Association of American Publishers (AAP)
- Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies
- Association of Talent Agents (ATA)
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Beachbody, LLC
- BMI
- BMG Chrysalis
- Building and Construction Trades Department
- Capitol Records Nashville
- CBS
- Cengage Learning
- Christian Music Trade Association
- Church Music Publishers’ Association
- Coalition Against Online Video Piracy (CAOVP)
- Comcast/NBCUniversal
- Concerned Women for America (CWA)
- Congressional Fire Services Institute
- Copyhype
- Copyright Alliance
- Coty, Inc.
- Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB)
- Council of State Governments
- Country Music Association
- Country Music Television
- Covington & Burling LLP
- Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
- Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Creative America
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Deluxe2
- Directors Guild of America (DGA)
- Disney Publishing Worldwide, Inc.
- Elsevier
- EMI Christian Music Group
- EMI Music Publishing
- ESPN
- Estée Lauder Companies
- Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
- Go Daddy
- Gospel Music Association
- Graphic Artists Guild
- Hachette Book Group
- HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Inc.
- Hyperion
- Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
- International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE)
- International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC)
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- International Union of Police Associations
- Irell & Manella LLP
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
- Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP
- Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP
- L’Oreal
- Lathrop & Gage LLP
- Loeb & Loeb LLP
- Lost Highway Records
- Macmillan
- Major County Sheriffs
- Major League Baseball
- Majority City Chiefs
- Marvel Entertainment, LLC
- MasterCard Worldwide
- MCA Records
- McGraw-Hill Education
- Mercury Nashville
- Minor League Baseball (MiLB)
- Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC)
- Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
- Moving Picture Technicians3
- MPA – The Association of Magazine Media
- National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
- National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators
- National Association of State Chief Information Officers
- National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
- National Center for Victims of Crime
- National Crime Justice Association
- National District Attorneys Association
- National Domestic Preparedness Coalition
- National Football League
- National Governors Association, Economic Development and Commerce Committee
- National League of Cities
- National Narcotics Offers’ Associations’ Coalition
- National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)
- National Songwriters Association
- National Troopers Coalition
- News Corporation
- Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
- Pearson Education
- Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
- Phillips Nizer, LLP
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Provident Music Group
- Random House
- Raulet Property Partners
- Republic Nashville
- Revlon
- Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
- Scholastic, Inc.
- Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
- Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Showdog Universal Music
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing
- Sony Music Entertainment
- Sony Music Nashville
- State International Development Organization (SIDO)
- The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)
- The Perseus Books Groups
- The United States Conference of Mayors
- Tiffany & Co.
- Time Warner4
- Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
- UMG Publishing Group Nashville
- United States Chamber of Commerce
- United States Tennis Association
- Universal Music
- Universal Music Publishing Group
- Viacom
- Visa, Inc.
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Warner Music Group
- Warner Music Nashville
- White & Case LLP
- Wolters Kluewer Health
- Word Entertainment
Download this Official SOPA Supporters List from the US House Of Representatives – Judiciary Committee’s Website here (PDF file).
Why is SOPA So Scarey?
SOPA gives both the U.S. government and copyright holders the authority to seek court orders against websites that are alleged to be infringing, pirating and/or counterfeiting intellectual property.
If passed, SOPA will fundamentally change the way the Internet works and destroy millions of bloggers, publishers, ecommerce merchants and small business owners.
For instance, if a website is accused of containing even a single copyright-infringing content like a photo or a music file or video clip, the ENTIRE site could be blocked by ISPs, removed from search engine indexes and even prevented from doing business with companies ecommerce companies like PayPal, Stripe and Square.
Not only that, the offending site owner could go to JAIL for years! Even Justin Bieber would be a suspect according to this Bill.
Hey, how about we don’t screw up the internet? Did you know this would screw up Obama’s tumblr that presents news to YOUR citizens? Think about it. Most of YOUR citizens don’t watch the actual television, and with Obama’s blog posting all these things we can actually know about these things he is making right after George Bush and his father messed up. I know Obama will veto it, it has been said over and over, but Congress, please don’t screw it up. Please?
Right on!
Wow. Leave the government to find a way around the first amendment.
I am absolutely for SOPA.
SOPA is important.
Hallo SemperVideo! Warum unterstützen Sie SOPA???
Hi,
wir unterstützen diesen Blödsinn natürlich nicht wirklich, aber hier kann offenbar jeder ungeprüft eine Aussage im Namen eines anderen machen.
Wie man an meinem Namen sieht. Ich bin nicht Obama. :-)
You didnt explain why you are for it, probably because you have no idea. I guess you think it would be nice to destroy hundreds of jobs, and make it 10x harder to start up a website business, all in the name of giving millionaire companies a little more cash. ….Dont be an idiot.
I am not for SOPA. I am AGAINST SOPA. We are a media publishing site. Hello?
I’m with you SemperVideo. I also am for SOPA, And it is something that is needed.
Stop Sopa !
Wer denkt sich bitteschön wieder so einen Schwachsinn aus?
Das gibt es nicht und wieder wollen die was verbieten
soll vielleicht alles gesperrt das wir nichts mehr wissen nur noch gehorchen vielleicht nicht mehr denken ?#
Nur nach dem willen anderer Grösserer “Leute”!!
Das ist geht zu “Anarchie” über!!!
OMG it’s a shit idea sry but it so is. why? I tell you, every gamer will go away and who do you think once the gamer make ADVERTISING FOR YOU, and they paid her no time, they make it free advertising whether good or bad they do advertising for you. They would dig their own grave. why? you will lose quite a lot of customer-why? because they learn nothing about the game WHY?! because there is no video games give the -.- I hate SOPA! Please PLEASE make the nciht! PLEASE <3 (I know my english is bad I'm a German)
Stop Sopa, Sopa wird die Werbung von Youtube nehmen und das heiist für Großere Firmen ein geringeren Einahmequelle heissen. Und macnhe Youtuber verdienen ihren Lebensunterhalt mit Gaming, und das soll denen genommen werden? Nein ich bin gegen SOPA
STOP SOPA!
Den Mist brauch kein Mensch! Es zerstört alles!
unter vielen trailern/Lets Play`s steht “das kaufe ich mir/dass werde ich mir hohlen!
Ohne Youtube (Z.B) würden sich sehr viele Leute manche Spiele nicht Kaufen!
Damit zerstören sich die großen Firmen fast alles,mit der Fernsehen Werbung machen sie nie im leben so einen großen Gewinn!
es wäre natürlich besser wenn man um nen kommentar machen zu dürfen sich mit seinem E-perso autentifizieren müsste…. Semper Video ich glab an dich … aber warum beschwärst du dich über sowas ?? man kan doch überall sich mit nem falschen namen eintragen und schwachsinn erzählen … hat doch auch gute seiten ….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBoGYZ3EO0s
thats no good for all people that makes our freedom smaller SOPA is a shame
Stop SOPA. This make no sense to me. SOPA destroy the world wide web. Everbody nows that mutch of the world wide web, is covert whit more or less offical copyright material. That will be the end of the www. The www weaks many buisness classes, that right, and I now that many people want to change that. So, censorship is okey.. but not like that.
SOPA is good for nobody! every website could be deleted!
So, STOP SOPA, please!!!
SOPA is just terrible! it’s the first step against freedom, and democracy.
SOPA could delete many websites
Stop SOPA and the internet will survive!
When you don´t stop SOPA all your favourite websites like Youtube or Facebook will be gone forever!
I will take proceedings against all of this associations, because EVERYBODY hurts copyright.
i do not want a dictatorship !
The internet is increasingly becoming democratic. I cannot understand how one can allow. this is not fair for all.