[LINK] Fwd: SOPA Act (Anti-Piracy) Sponsors Received 4X As Much Money From Hollywood v. Silicon Valley

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Date: 19 December 2011 16:18
Subject: SOPA Act (Anti-Piracy) Sponsors Received 4X As Much Money From
Hollywood v. Silicon Valley
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  *SOPA Act (Anti-Piracy) Sponsors Received 4 Times As Much Money in
Campaign Contributions From Hollywood Than Silicon Valley*

*Dec. 19, 2011 *- The House Judiciary Committee on December 15 held a
markup of the so-called SOPA Act ( HR
3261<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244323/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/bill/112-hr-3261/1019110/total-contributions>),
a bill that has produced surprising allegiances and adversaries and has pit
some of California's most powerful business interests against each other.

The measure, which would crack down on Web sites that offer or sell pirated
and counterfeit products, is opposed by a collection of the largest tech
companies because they believe it would come at the cost of innovation and
future jobs. The bill's supporters, spearheaded by entertainment producers,
believe that the measure is necessary to protect consumers from potentially
dangerous products and to protect US companies and workers from losing
profits and jobs, respectively.

The Stop Online Piracy Act would allow the Department of Justice to shut
down any website determined to be facilitating online piracy as well as
order any Internet search provider to block links to the offending site.

The debate over the bill's language has pitted the entertainment capital,
Los Angeles, against the tech incubator, Silicon Valley. The measure is
supported by entertainment producers such as Comcast, Disney, Sony, and the
RIAA. It is opposed by tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Mozilla,
and Yahoo!

Since the beginning of the 2010 election cycle, the 32 sponsors of the bill
have received *almost 4 times as much* in campaign contributions from the
movie, music, and TV entertainment industries ($1,983,596), which support
the bill, as they have received from the software and Internet industries
($524,977), which believe the language goes too far.


  IndustryBusiness Interest
Contributions to Bill Sponsors
        (Jan. 1, 2009 - Jun. 30, 2011)         Computers/Internet *(Opposes)
* Computer software
 $273,744    Online computer services $251,233  *Total
*   *$524,977*         TV/Movies/Music *(Supports)* Cable & satellite TV
production & distribution $672,750    Commercial TV & radio stations
$265,050    Entertainment Industry/Broadcast & Motion Pictures
$320,800    Motion
Picture production & distribution $282,150    Recorded Music & music
production $317,446    TV production & distribution $125,400  *Total
*   *$1,983,596*         *Grand Total*   *$2,508,573*

*METHODOLOGY: MapLight analysis of reported contributions to congressional
campaigns of the sponsors of HR 3261  from Jan. 1, 2009 - Jun. 30, 2011.
The bill's sponsors as of Dec. 15, 2011 are Lamar
Smith<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244324/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/470-lamar-smith>,
Joe Baca<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244325/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/132-joe-baca>,
Howard Berman<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244326/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/144-howard-berman>,
Marsha Blackburn<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244327/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/151-marsha-blackburn>,
Mary Bono Mack<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244328/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/158-mary-bono-mack>,
John Carter<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244329/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/185-john-carter>,
Steven Chabot<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244330/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/188-steve-chabot>,
John Conyers<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244331/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/195-john-conyers>,
Jim Cooper<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244332/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/196-jim-cooper>,
Elton Gallegly<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244333/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/253-elton-gallegly>,
Robert Goodlatte<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244334/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/262-bob-goodlatte>,
Tim Holden<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244335/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/288-thomas-tim-holden>,
Peter King<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244336/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/321-pete-king>,
John Larson<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244337/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/334-john-larson>,
Adam Schiff<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244338/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/453-adam-schiff>,
Brad Sherman<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244339/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/462-brad-sherman>,
Lee Terry<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244340/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/487-lee-terry>,
Melvin Watt<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244341/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/509-mel-watt>,
Debbie Wasserman
Schultz<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244342/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/631-debbie-wasserman-schultz>,
John Barrow<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244343/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/634-john-barrow>,
Steve Scalise<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244344/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/742-steve-scalise>,
Ben Luján<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244345/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/775-ben-ray-lujn>,
Judy Chu<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244346/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1190-judy-chu>,
William Owens<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244347/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1210-bill-owens>,
Karen Bass<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244348/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1249-karen-bass>,
Ted Deutch<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244349/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1365-ted-deutch>,
Ben Quayle<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244350/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1412-ben-quayle>,
Tim Griffin<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244351/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1415-tim-griffin>,
Dennis Ross<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244352/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1423-dennis-ross>,
Alan Nunnelee<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244353/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1452-alan-nunnelee>,
Thomas Marino<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244354/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1473-thomas-marino>,
and Mark Amodei<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244355/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/1680-mark-amodei>.
The included industries are Computer software, Online computer services,
Cable & satellite TV production & distribution, Commercial TV & radio
stations, Entertainment Industry/Broadcast & Motion Pictures, Motion
Picture production & distribution, Recorded Music & music production, and
TV production & distribution. Campaign contributions and industry
classifications provided by the Center for Responsive
Politics.<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244356/22498/goto:http://www.opensecrets.org/>
*

Click here<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244357/22498/goto:http://www.maplight.org/files/SOPA_Sponsor_Contributions-20090101-20010630.xls>for
a spreadsheet of itemized contributions from the MapLight analysis
above.

Click here
<http://e2ma.net/go/7391787275/208778887/230244358/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/bill/112-hr-3261/1019110/total-contributions>for
reported contributions to congressional campaigns of House members in
office during the 112th U.S. Congress, from ALL interest groups invested in
the SOPA Act vote according to MapLight, July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011.

If you would like to see a different analysis of this data please don't
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