Boycotting SOPA Supporters? There’s an App for That

[bloomington-lib]

If you refuse to support SOPA — like Google, Al Gore, Paul Ryan and many Internet companies — a new Android app called wants to help you take the next step and become a SOPA boycotter.

The free App, Boycott SOPA, scans products’ labels to determine whether they are made by or associated with a SOPA-supporting brand. A product returns a “bad item” alert if it is made by one of 873 SOPA-supporting brands. College juniors Chris Thompson and Chris Doranti, students at the University of British Columbia, compiled the list from media reports and Reddit links.

SOPA, if passed, would give the U.S. federal government power to disable a website it found to be in violation of copyright law.

The app’s “bad companies” list includes subsidiaries and parent companies of supporting brands. Coca-Cola, for instance, made the list through SOPA-supporter L’Oreal, which is owned in part by Coke’s Nestea partner, Nestle.

http://mashable.com/2012/01/09/boycott-sopa/

[Norrin Radd]

1. kr

[FarPoint]

2. Where is the app?

Can I get it from Verizon Droid Market?

[bloomington-lib]

3. This is the link I could find

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.boycottsopa.android

[FarPoint]

4. Perfect!

I now have the app
download. Thanks to you

[rhett o rick]

5. If I might reword one of your sentences. "SOPA, if passed, would give

the U.S. federal government power to disable a website it "decides" is in violation of copyright law. And add that, if found guilty, those responsible could go to prison.

[ThatsMyBarack]

6. How about a Mac/iPhone App?

Just curious.