Thread: Nintendo, Sony and EA quietly drop SOPA support

Dont think this as been posted on here yet but found this on xbox360iso.com

Nintendo, Sony and EA quietly drop SOPA support

December 30, 2011 | Tom Cheredar


Major game companies Nintendo, Sony and Electronic Arts have quietly removed themselves from the official list of organizations that support the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
For anyone who’s unfamiliar with it, the proposed SOPA legislation gives both the U.S. government and copyright holders the authority to seek court orders against websites associated with infringing, pirating or counterfeiting intellectual property. If the act passes, it could drastically change the way the Internet operates.
On the surface, the gaming companies probably threw their support to the bill because it would also help curb piracy of gaming. However, I’m sure they’ve been paying attention to the onslaught of negative press and customer dissidence experienced by domain registrar Go Daddy over the last few weeks.
In Sony’s case, it’s probably best to stay clear of any piece of legislation that would draw attention from activists. Earlier today, “hacktivist” group Anonymous pledged to once again take down Sony’s Playstation online gaming network due to the company’s SOPA support.
Overall, public support for SOPA seems to be crumbling, as a number of big companies have removed their names from the official congressional list (see a PDF of what companies still support SOPA).
For more information about the SOPA legislation, check out VentureBeat’s ongoing SOPA coverage.
Via Electronista

hahahahaha.. GO Anonomous :D

Great News... **** This SOPA...

Wow. We really can beat the corporations.

lol this just goes to show us that the psn network isnt as secure as they claim it is, after the last breach they claim they brung in big network security guys to make network so secure that another breach couldnt happen, lol, anonymous comes out and makes a statement and sony quietly stops supporting sopa, this is so funny i cant stop laughing, good news anyhow!!!!

We won !!!!!Ha ha ha!!!!!
Next target $ony.

this looks good for us but its not over yet!

You think Sony dropped support on the SOPA for a specific reason? Yep! Anonymous scared them into this. They were all for the SOPA until Anonymous announced their plans to attack them.

Originally Posted by tonybologna

You think Sony dropped support on the SOPA for a specific reason? Yep! Anonymous cared them into this. They were all for the SOPA until Anonymous announced their plans to attack them.

Hm good point

PhucK YeaH Go Anonymous:rock:

with all of the problems our country (and countries) are going through, the LAST piece of legislation that needs to be passed is this... We need to start our OWN legislation ridding our government(s) of these morally and financially corrupt politicians and corporations. this all makes me so sick to my stomach...