A List of SOPA-Supporting Companies

As we get closer and closer to learning SOPA’s fate — with Lamar Smith’s amendments salve the wounds? — the lines of support and discontent concerning the bill have been clearl...
A List of SOPA-Supporting Companies
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  • As we get closer and closer to learning SOPA’s fate — with Lamar Smith’s amendments salve the wounds? — the lines of support and discontent concerning the bill have been clearly drawn. On the opposition side, we have a consortium led by Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Twitter, among others, and they have been vocal in their lack of approval for SOPA, and how goes about its business.

    While there have been some companies that have come out in support of SOPA — NBC and Viacom, for instance — there hasn’t been a definitive list of SOPA supporters. Until now. Thanks to The Domino Project, which is powered by Amazon, another company against SOPA, we know have a clearer idea concerning the face of our enemy those who support the bill in its current state.

    The list goes by the “Who wants to break the Internet?” title, and considering the issues many tech companies have with SOPA, it should come as no surprise the supporting companies are presented in such an unflattering light. The list in question:

    ABC
    AFTRA – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
    AFM – American Federation of Musicians
    AAP – Association of American Publishers
    ASCAP
    BMG Chrysalis
    BMI
    CBS Corporation
    Cengage Learning
    DGA – Directors Guild of America
    Disney Publishing Worldwide, Inc.
    EMI Music Publishing
    ESPN
    Graphic Artists Guild
    Hachette Book Group
    HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C.
    Hyperion
    IATSE – International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada
    International Brotherhood of Teamsters
    Kaufman Astoria Studios
    Macmillan
    Major League Baseball
    Marvel Entertainment, LLC
    McGraw-Hill Education
    MPA – The Association of Magazine Media
    NFL – National Football League
    National Music Publishers’ Association
    NBCUniversal
    News Corporation
    New York Production Alliance
    New York State AFL-CIO
    Pearson Education
    Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
    The Perseus Books Group
    Producers Guild of America East
    Random House
    Reed Elsevier
    SAG – Screen Actors Guild
    Scholastic, Inc.
    Silvercup Studios
    Simon & Schuster, Inc.
    Sony Music Entertainment
    Sony/ATV Music Publishing
    Time Warner Inc.
    United States Tennis Association
    Universal Music Group
    Universal Music Publishing Group
    Viacom
    Warner Music Group
    W.W. Norton & Company
    Wolters Kluwer

    It should come as no surprise to see a large portion of companies with ties to the entertainment industry showing up in the list. Companies like ESPN, ABC, Viacom and the Warner Music Group. Clearly, this is because these are the ones with the most to lose, at least, if you ask them. Members of this group don’t care if SOPA breaks and/or censors the Internet in the process, they just want their intellectual property protected.

    Oddly enough, those that oppose SOPA/PIPA also want IP protected, but not with the methods described by the acts in question. Does knowing the identity of these SOPA supporters make you reconsider whether or not you’ll do business with them? Let us know what you think.

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