Nintendo backs off from SOPA support

[longy999]

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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.

[pureIso]

That was quick...Nintendo doesn't want any trouble :D.

[longy999]

Can't fault them really, I wouldn't want to get caught up in the middle of that either. Especially if this drags out for a while, they've got the Wii U launch to think about

[CloudStrife7x]

well its probably for the best, now Nintendo can focus on Wii U and gameplay lol

[Crimi Martin]

As long as the Entertainment Software Association still supports SOPA, it thereby means that Microsoft Corp., EA, Nintendo, Square-Enix, and other game companies on this list: http://www.theesa.com/about/members.asp are still partially supporting SOPA.
So even though they might withdraw support publicly, they're still supporting it from the shadows.