List of Companies that Support and Oppose SOPA
Interests that support this bill:
Tobacco & Tobacco products
Animal feed & health products
Communications & Electronics
Printing and publishing (printed & online)
Greeting card publishing
Book, newspaper & periodical publishing
TV production & distribution
Motion Picture production & distribution
Entertainment Industry/Broadcast & Motion Pictures
Movie Theaters
Recorded Music & music production
Cable & satellite TV production & distribution
Commercial TV & radio stations
Electronics manufacturing & services
Computer software
Optical services (glasses & contact lenses)
Pharmaceutical manufacturing
Health care products
Health, Education & Human Resources
Truck/Automotive parts & accessories
Auto repair
Auto manufacturers
Chambers of commerce
General business associations
Small business associations
Confectionery processors & manufacturers
Wine & distilled spirits manufacturing
Department, variety & convenience stores
Retail trade
Management consultants & services
Professional sports, arenas & related equip & svcs
Recreation/Entertainment
Chemicals
Plastics & Rubber processing & products
Industrial/commercial equipment & materials
Manufacturing
Office machines
Toiletries & cosmetics
Sporting goods sales & manufacturing
Clothing & accessories
Shoes & leather products
Jewelry
Building trades unions
IBEW (Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)
Teamsters union
Police & firefighters unions & associations
Entertainment unions
Republican/Conservative
Christian Conservative
Fiscal & tax policy
Consumer groups
Courts & Justice System
Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups
Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $462,292
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28] $436,000
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $387,000
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] $323,500
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8] $289,350
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2] $251,281
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8] $250,050
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] $235,367
Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1] $227,282
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23] $225,817
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $1,383,541
Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] $1,116,789
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $1,049,215
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $1,024,012
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $720,433
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $656,875
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $588,074
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $543,651
Sen. Marco Rubio [R, FL] $540,879
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC] $523,500
Specific Organizations Supporting H.R.3261
AFL-CIO
Motion Picture Association of America
Independent Film & Television Alliance
National Association of Theatre Owners
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.,
National Music Publishers' Association
American Federation of Musicians
Directors Guild of America
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Screen Actors Guild
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Recording Industry Association of America
Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies
Comcast
NBC Universal
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
National Association of Manufacturers
Concerned Women for America
Viacom
National Criminal Justice Association
National District Attorneys Association
Council of State Governments
International Trademark Association
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Association of Fire Fighters
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Americans for Tax Reform
Let Freedom Ring
National Football League
Pfizer
Johnson & Johnson
Outdoor Industry Association
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Association of American Publishers
Ford Motor Company
Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
News Corporation
Walt Disney Company
Society of Plastics Industry
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
Software & Information Industry Association
Entertainment Software Association
American Association of Independent Music
Eli Lilly and Company
Merck
Specialty Equipment Market Association
Xerox Corporation
Universal Music Group Inc.
Walmart
Dow Chemical
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Warner Music Group
Major League Baseball
National Confectioners Association
Estee Lauder Companies
Sony Pictures Entertainment
CBS Corporation
National Basketball Association
The Walt Disney Company
Greeting Card Association
Advanced Medical Technology Association
Beam Global Spirits &Wine
Sony Music Entertainment
Adidas America
Acushnet Company
ABRO Industries, Inc.
1-800-PetMeds
1-800 Contacts, Inc.
Blue Sky Studios, Inc.
Bose Corporation
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
Burberry
Electronic Components Industry Association
HarperCollins Publishers
Kekepana International Services
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Nike, Inc.
Nintendo
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
Timberland Company
Tiffany & Co.
Time Warner
Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association
3M Company
National Retail Federation
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Viacom
Philip Morris International
National Association of Broadcasters
Interests that oppose this bill:
Online computer services
Computer manufacture & services
Data processing & computer services
Venture capital
Democratic/Liberal
Human Rights
Non-profit foundations
Non-Profits
Education
Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups
Name Amount Received
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23] $300,459
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D, ME-1] $203,700
Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9] $166,220
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5] $146,400
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D, OR-5] $105,550
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14] $100,759
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8] $94,600
Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4] $88,964
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D, VA-11] $88,730
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13] $84,800
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $1,320,304
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $362,994
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] $273,397
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $254,460
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $251,244
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $224,784
Sen. Chris Coons [D, DE] $209,150
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D, CT] $156,849
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] $156,470
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] $135,950
Specific Organizations Opposing H.R.3261
Creators’ Freedom Project
Engine Advocacy
4chan
Boing Boing
Creative Commons
Daily Kos
Disqus
Grooveshark
Hype Machine
Kickstarter
MetaFilter
O'Reilly Radar
Techdirt
Torrentfreak
NetCoalition
Consumer Electronics Association
Computer and Communications Industry Association
Public Knowledge
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EDUCAUSE
Open Internet Coalition
Bloomberg
Google
Yahoo
Center for Democracy & Technology
Business Software Alliance
Twitter
Zynga
Facebook
AOL
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz
Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Square
Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr and Hunch
David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo!
Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn
Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post
Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and co-founder of Alexa Internet
Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal
Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist
Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay
Biz Stone, co-founder of Obvious and Twitter
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation
Evan Williams, co-founder of Blogger and Twitter
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Tumblr
Mozilla
Union Square Ventures
MoveOn
Wikimedia Foundation
eBay
Reddit
American Civil Liberties Union
Consumers Union
American Library Association
Computer & Communications Industry Association
Human Rights First
Consumer Federation of America
Human Rights Watch
Microsoft
United States Student Association
Irregular Times
TechNet
Information Technology Industry Council
Association of Research Libraries
Entertainment Consumers Assocation
Writers Guild of America, West
Reporters Without Borders
Freedom House
Association of College and Research Libraries
Competitive Enterprise Institute
TechAmerica
TechFreedom
Demand Progress
U.S. Public Interest Group
Internews
New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative
Center for Media Justice
Center for Rural Strategies
Brookings Institute
American Society of News Editors
Benetech
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