Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
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Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#2It was very conspicuous yesterday that Apple & Microsoft did not show up on the anti-SOPA NYTimes ad:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/google-facebook-twitter-a...
Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#3It was very conspicuous yesterday that Apple & Microsoft did not show up on the anti-SOPA NYTimes ad: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/google-facebook-twitter-a...
Also conspicuous that Y Combinator wasn't on the ad. It's clear and obvious that PG and Y Combinator are in full support of SOPA.
Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#4It was very conspicuous yesterday that Apple & Microsoft did not show up on the anti-SOPA NYTimes ad: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/google-facebook-twitter-a...
Also conspicuous that Y Combinator wasn't on the ad. It's clear and obvious that PG and Y Combinator are in full support of SOPA.
Har har.
Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#5I am really worried for the future of the internet.
Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#6It was very conspicuous yesterday that Apple & Microsoft did not show up on the anti-SOPA NYTimes ad: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/google-facebook-twitter-a...
Those were all internet companies--internet freedom really matters to them. Microsoft and Apple, on the other hand, make money by restricting users' freedom and do not rely on the internet nearly as heavily. Their covertly supporting SOPA does not really come as a surprise.
Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#7It was very conspicuous yesterday that Apple & Microsoft did not show up on the anti-SOPA NYTimes ad: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/google-facebook-twitter-a...
You know what those companies have in common? They don't sell software. If your business is basically running a website, what do you care about piracy?
Not defending SOPA -- I don't have a clue about its intricacies -- but when a bunch of companies that don't sell software are against a bill that purports to try to do something about software piracy, I don't really see what the news is. In fact, these companies are all basically ad networks...
Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#8The membership of this group is basically a list of businesses that startups should be chipping away at. Let them spend their time lobbying, while you sneak up behind them and whack them on the head with your niche webapp.
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Adobe
Apple
Autodesk
AVEVA
AVG
Bentley Systems
CA
Cadence Design Systems
CNC Software – Mastercam
Compuware
Corel
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation
Dell
Intel
Intuit
Kaspersky
McAfee
Microsoft
Minitab
Progress Software
PTC
Quark
Quest
Rosetta Stone
Siemens PLM Software, Inc.
Sybase
Symantec
TechSmith
The MathWorks
Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#9It was very conspicuous yesterday that Apple & Microsoft did not show up on the anti-SOPA NYTimes ad: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/16/google-facebook-twitter-a...
You know what those companies have in common? They don't sell software. If your business is basically running a website, what do you care about piracy? Not defending SOPA -- I don't have a clue about its intricacies -- but when a bunch of companies that don't sell software are against a bill that purports to try to do something about software piracy, I don't really see what the news is. In fact, these companies are a…
SOPA is mostly about music and movie piracy and any site that allows you to upload audio, video, or files is a target.
Re: Microsoft, Apple and 27 other tech companies backing SOPA indirectly
#10Here's the Influence Explorer profile of the BSA:
http://influenceexplorer.com/organization/business-software-...