Under increasing pressure from activists and heavy internet hitters such as Google, some of the largest gaming companies in the world have joined GoDaddy in reversing their support for a bill many view as a threat to a free and uncensored internet.
As reported by Business Insider, the updated list of supporters released by the House Judiciary Committee no longer lists former supporters Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Sony Electronics.
This reversal comes on the heels of Reddit's successful boycott of GoDaddy, which has seen countless domains moved from the hosting site – including Wikipedia's – and which caused the company to reverse its position on SOPA.
With these gaming giants now similarly switching their support, and as more pressure builds on those who are currently supporting SOPA, the question is whether or not these moves will precipitate further corporate defections.
The bill, which gives content-producing corporations the right to order the blacklisting or take down of sites which merely link to other sites where actual copyright infringement is taking place, has been opposed by activists and internet giants alike.
That opposition is creating an uncommon scenario in which the mobilization and launching of internet activism coupled with the potential for concurrent corporate activism is sending some of the world's largest companies careening.
And not a moment too soon.
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