Nintendo has quietly distanced itself from the controversial Stop Online Piract Act which is known as SOPA. Nintendo originally endorsed the bill as of November but have quietly removed themselves from the list sometime in the past month. EA has also backed away from the proposed bill.
Edit: According to Destructoid Nintendo are still part of the Entertainment Software Association which backs the proposal. While Nintendo have distanced themselves from SOPA they are still in it through the Entertainment Software Association .Thanks to Axl Abe and others that pointed this out.
get the facts right, they are still in
http://www.destructoid.com/ea-nintendo-sony-reduce-sopa-support-by-50–218742.phtml
I was going to post the exact same. They’re simply hiding behind the ESA (who they’re members of), which still firmly supports the bill. Same goes for Sony and EA.
lol thats cool, Ive been waiting on sickr to post this and make the first comment to fill everyone in ^_^
Well, I got the information from here
which indicates that they have distanced themselves from the proposal. Thanks for letting me know though. I’ll update the original article :-)
Yeah when I first saw that article I got excited too, but then I heard about Entertainment Software Association (ESA) lol. Keep doing what you do sickr, we appreciate ya :D
Thanks! Amended the article and attributed you.
Thanks fore keeping us up to dates sickr.the site is goods.
No problem :-)
sickr this is the kid you need to ban
No u is fakes terminator.u is probs fat with glasses.
sichr i am the real 1 ban that bastard (sorry for bad mouth) and finish this at all
European Space Agency :P
so basically all video game companies support it then… at least the major ones =/
Valve doesn’t support it.
Well of course Valve doesn’t, the developers are huge fans of online sharing, have you ever seen an episode of All your History Belongs to Us, it is quite informative.
Just a couple more deets:
SOPA supporter list (showing ESA): http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rogue%20Websites/List%20of%20SOPA%20Supporters.pdf
ESA members list (showing Nintendo/Sony/EA): http://www.theesa.com/about/members.asp
Just because they are part of the ESA does not mean they support it even if the ESA does. There are many reasons why they may need to remain part of that group.
Good for Nintendo! I think SOPA is a stupid-ass policy that will completely ruin the Internet as we know it, so seeing a technology giant like Nintendo pulling out of supporting it is very, very good.
THIS^^
I agree, and I love your Ezlo hat :)
Excellent! Total Kudos and congrats to Nintendo with this decision! =D
While I can understand why they may support it (to stop ROMS from spreading), I’m glad to see they’ve backed away from that support.
Thats actually pretty contradictive. The more people downloading ROMs, the greater are the chances of these people to buy Nintendo’s most recent games/sequels. Now ISOs are a completely different story though… :P
Can you tell the difference between ROM’s and ISO’s, please… I’m confused
there isn’t a difference, s/he’s being sarcastic
Plus I’ve downloaded roms onto my computer, it hasn’t stopped me from purchasing the games from the nintendo store though?
Well the ROMs are the old games and the ISOs are the files from discs, which would be Nintendos new games(the ones they still sell and make money on)
ayyyy i knew nintendo wouldnt dissapoint me!
As important as it is to prevent cyber crimes, the last thing we need is for the internet to be taken over by corporations (using the government as their shield and marionette) hoping to stifle individual freedoms.
GREAT NEWS :)
Nintendo AND EA Backing off of SOPA. That’s Awesome!
Oh thank god.
i hate sopa they deserved to be sued for all the money they have and i hope they go bankrupt and get more bad luck
So um, what exactly are we suing here? You can’t sue a bill. And a bill can’t go bankrupt. Even if you could, you still wouldn’t, because a bill is just a proposal, or, A FREAKING IDEA! You can’t sue an idea!
i supprort anything nintendo does so this most be good newz =D
GO NINTENDO!!!
Um. This ISN’T a good thing.
Um…
1. Why does a lot of guys take peteriuss comments seriously?
2. How is this not a good thing?
fuck u fake peteriuss. i hate sopa but unfotunatly not only nintendo but another companies like sega,apple,SONY SUCKS,microdick especially microsoft etc etc etc are surpoting that ass sopa
Aren’t Virtual Console games roms though? Talk about a contradiction!
The bill is wrong, nintendo needs to stay as far away from this possible. Anonymous have basically condemned sony/psn for supporting it, and i think psn will be taken down again. soon.
They are still supporting it though, just through the ESA. Nothing has changed. Plus they supported it in the beginning, so it makes no real difference. I’m still boycotting them, along with every other company who either do support SOPA, or have in the past.
If SOPA is approved, then the whole internet will come to an end, while i have to download every game possible in a R4 card.
Sony is under fire for supporting it. Apparently anon is gonna take psn down again.
hahahaha i wouldnt be surprised :P
i told u sony is a fucking ass criminal company but n1 listened to me.so good bye internet :(
I just hope they back out completely. I’m sure that’s been voiced but another time can’t hurt.
They can wear the clothes of sheep but are still blood thirsty wolves…
sopa is disgusting and corrupt, Ron Paul would never allow it, if u think hes crazy, u’ve been brainwashed by the media, the man is the most honest politician out there, and the fact that the media attacks him, only proves that. vote ron paul 2012!!
Wow it actually just went to political! Michele bachmann is that you? ;D
There’s only one Paul I’d consider voting for: RuPaul.
You seem to handle the word “brainwashed” so well. Is that self-projection I see there? Hmmm…
It’s like a pocket veto. They haven’t backed off from it, but it doesn’t mean that they support it.
for some reason, the founder of SOPA reminds me of chinese GWB. former president of Americs
If you haven’t done so already contact your congressman and let your voice be heard.
i cant believe that.nintendo shouldnt pay for them,they should kill them and go to hell.we like internet and they will fail to change it because 1 billion people like internet and i dont think so they willl like this.so SOPA maybe goodbye and welcome back internet
I don’t support the downloading of games that are still on the market however i do support the downloading of older games such as SNES,NES,Game boy etc.
The official list from the House has not listed Nintendo, Sony, or EA in a long time. Still, it’s important to get the word out that they do not support it. The bills are bad news.
WE ARE GROUP ANONYMOUS……….NINTENDO IS SAFE, PLAYSTAION IS NOT
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