[H3avyRa1n]

Nintendo and Sony rethink unpopular SOPA bill


A quiet update to the list of Stop Online Piract Act supporters (PDF) has shown that Nintendo and Sony have backed away from the proposed bill. Both were originally endorsing the bill as of November but quietly removed themselves from the list sometime in the past month. Neither has acknowledged the change in attitude.

Game developer EA has also dropped its SOPA support.

All three have an interest in curbing piracy of their games. They may have withdrawn support after seeing the full consequences of the bill, which could see site taken down or blocked if even just a small portion of its content was deemed illegal. As drafted, it would also compromise Internet security by taking apart the DNSSEC initiative the US government has wanted to prevent domain name poisoning attacks.

They may have also reacted to public perception. Much of their more technically aware audience opposes SOPA and was key to GoDaddy reversing its position to stem mass defections. [via Silicon Alley Insider]

Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles...#ixzz1i9SFri2r


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[pereb27]

Translation : They got scared of Anonymous.

[alienkid]

Originally Posted by pereb27 Translation : They got scared of Anonymous.

I was thinking the same thing.

[japsander]

nah, they backed off before the anon (doubtful if it were the real ones) announcement

more like they want to win favour knowing that many will boycott supporters, and besides, i bet some of those companies devs work on breaking the competitions security

[chrisrlink]

one more step to slaying the evil "SOPA" dragon i hope this works

[Pockets69]

well i never thought i would say this, but thank you Anonymous and thanks you Lulzsec

[V6ser]

That sounds like chickens or am i wrong??

[VIRGIN KLM]

I'll repeat:

SONY = SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT = SONY PICTURES = SCEI = SOE = RIAA = MPAA = SOPA

How the hell you can say that you don't support yourself?
All of these organizations are formed by Sony, the same people that work for Sony, the same work for RIAA and MPAA and SOPA. All of their decisions/moves are taken by Sony's executive personel (in some cases some tiny parts of EMI, Warner Music Group and Universal but they are also part of SOPA so it doesn't count).
What an EPIC FAIL of LIE to the PUBLIC from Sony, what a milestone in arrogacy.

[V6ser]

Originally Posted by VIRGIN KLM I'll repeat: SONY = SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT = SONY PICTURES = SCEI = SOE = RIAA = MPAA = SOPA How the hell you can say that you don't support yourself? All of these organizations are formed by Sony, the same people that work for Sony, the same work for RIAA and MPAA and SOPA. All of their decisions/moves are taken by Sony's executive personel (in some cases some tiny parts of EMI, Warner Music Group and Universal but they are also part of SOPA so it doesn't count). What an EPIC FAIL of LIE to the PUBLIC from Sony, what a milestone in arrogacy.

Is just because they dont want a f*cked PSN again and Sony made all of his partners join him in this magical travel....

[VIRGIN KLM]

Originally Posted by hyztname Is just because they dont want a f*cked PSN again and Sony made all of his partners join him in this magical travel....

Yes but tell me how can you dissagree with yourself? It's paranoial to...
It's an attempt from Sony to misinform and mislead people thinking of something that is mathematicaly impossible to happen, because it is mathematicaly impossible to disagree with yourself, it's just not possible.
If it is your opinion how can you dissagree with it? It's as simple as that.

Anonymous shouldn't be fooled by this constructed conspiracy to fool the masses, they should stick to their first plan and hit Sony.