EA, Nintendo, Sony Quietly Withdraw SOPA Support

wbr1 writes "Electronista reports that Sony, Nintendo, and Electronic Arts have all pulled their support for SOPA, but have not issued any statements as to why. The house.gov list of SOPA supporters is here."

But The Really Didn't....

[mlauzon]

Because Nintendo, Sony, and EA are members of the ESA, and the ESA supports SOPA, means that Nintedo, Sony, and EA support SOPA!

Not Entirely Withdrawn

[Anonymous Coward]

They have only reduced their support, rather than fully withdrawn it.

According to Destructoid [destructoid.com] they are still members of The ESA [theesa.com] which still supports SOPA.

Re:But The Really Didn't....

[houstonbofh]

There have been a lot of articles specifically about Microsoft and Apple pushing the ESA to back off SOPA. There may be some dissension in the ranks.

Re:But The Really Didn't....

[Anonymous Coward]

Business Software Alliance (BSA) supports SOPA and of course their biggest supporters and founding members Apple and Microsoft.

a recent BSA bulletin:

The Business Software Alliance today commended House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) for introducing the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (H.R. 3261) to curb the growing rash of software piracy and other forms of intellectual property theft that are being perpetrated by illicit websites.

Re:But The Really Didn't....

[Baloroth]

Even the BSA backed off SOPA: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/even-the-business-software-alliance-now-backpedaling-on-sopa-support.ars [arstechnica.com]

Re:Where is the list of objectors?

[iateyourcookies]

This (second half) is as close as I have found: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/money [opencongress.org] Permission granted to be amused by the 3rd listed "organization".

Re:Anonymous Threatened Sony

[eriklou]

Here's the Boycott list.

http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rogue%20Websites/List%20of%20SOPA%20Supporters.pdf [house.gov]