Comments on: On Marvel and SOPA

By: Stop SOPA and PIPA

Stop SOPA and PIPA — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:20:15 +0000

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By: Heath

Heath — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:14:26 +0000

Screw any company supporting this destruction of freedom of speech an they wont get a dime of my hard earn money down to the SOPA

By: Brian Real

Brian Real — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:09:18 +0000

Eh, this is the parent companies pushing stuff, not the publishers. I doubt that the editors / publishing people at Marvel were even involved in discussions on this, despite their names being on it.

On pirating stuff: If someone downloads the latest Ultimate Spider-man off a torrent then, yeah, moral issue there. If someone downloads a back issue available for $1.99 on Comixology then, yes, still moral issue. If someone pirates an obscure back issue that isn’t collected in a trade, isn’t at the local comic shop, and is on eBay for $10 (which Marvel doesn’t get a penny from) then, really, who cares?

Much of this will be a moot point soon enough, anyway. With the way things are going with eReaders the price of digital comics are going to plummet. Plenty of people pay for music despite knowing how to just pirate because the low cost of MP3s may it easier to just pay for the stuff. Comics will go the same way, Marvel already has a streaming plan similar to Netflix (which I would really like on my Kindle if anyone’s listening…), and DC will go the same way.

The real reason for Marvel and Time Warner being on the list, though, is the movies. Comic publishing has been a minor source of revenue for these companies, but they don’t want to lose the big stuff.

By: P0

P0 — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:05:57 +0000

Obvious argument is it takes out piracy of comics. But people will find ways around it. Spoiler sites like dailyscans will get knocked on harder now. Doesn’t mean people won’t find ways around it.

Go to reeddit.com and hit the subsection /r/NOSOPA if you’re seriously interested finding solutions to this topic.

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:15:15 +0000

Working in politics I have an edge on this topic, but personally I’ve been fighting this legislation since it was introduced in the Senate this summer and called Protect IP (PIPA).

The first post of mine was in November on the topic where I called for action and was ignored, graphicpolicy.com/2011/11/18/take-action-stop-protect-ip-and-sopa/

For all the posts mentioned, I still don’t hear a condemnation of this legislation from other bloggers, which is a shame as this impacts us and what we love to do.

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:04:21 +0000

so if the american people thought that piracy was correct the government should legalize it and screw over companies?

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:14:02 +0000

The problem with out government is right here- A list of companies supporting this act as opposed to the American PEOPLE. While I do believe that piracy is wrong, there are too many open interpretations in thsi bill to begin pandemonium and fining of innocent people. Between this and the NDAA act, what is happening to this country?

By: ACMC

ACMC — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:47:18 +0000

Did you know you can be arrested for filming a police officer? Even if the officer is the one violating the law.

SOPA gives so much power that it’s scary.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:20:42 +0000

Sorry but I can’t get onboard with SOPA. It is a bad idea and gives “the state” even more power which it doesn’t need. I’m not shocked to see DC and Marvel support it. I don’t read as much DC/Marvel as I used to because they retread the same old ideas (e.g. Dead characters being brought back to life, Big event crossovers like Fear Itself/Blackest Night, Making old concepts look new like the DCNU). I rather spend my dollars on books like Atomic Robo, Hellboy, and Black Coat and on publishers actually creating stuff like Avatar and Archaia.

By: thelivingtribunal

thelivingtribunal — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:09:33 +0000

Downloading is the right of every internet user! “Do you want to buy a Tower Records?!”-The Social Network

By: Hervé St-Louis

Hervé St-Louis — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:32:44 +0000

Actually, GraphicPolicy.com and ComicBookBin.com have been raising hell over SOPA for about a week now. Blleding Cool did not lead the vanguard on informing comic book readers about SOPA. We did.

Also, you should also mention in your article that DC Comics also supports SOPA through parent company Time Warner.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:18:12 +0000

the irony is that most of their comics are so bad, they aren’t even worth the time to download illegally.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:17:27 +0000

F*** SOTA
F*** Marvel for supporting Police State legislation.

By: Meh

Meh — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:09:24 +0000

“Marvel has shown itself to be somewhat forward thinking in terms of embracing the potential of the internet”

No they havent shown me anything of the sort .
It took DC finally givin’ in , and both having ridiculously low paper sales – especially when they own property that are even more known and popular than some of the hot sellings mangas – for both to finally enter properly the digital age .

And even then i have yet to be able to buy Marvel comics at same release day without using some silly coupon system for a paper version i’m not sure i even still wanted .

By: silvanthalas

silvanthalas — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:36:30 +0000

“Marvel has shown itself to be somewhat forward thinking in terms of embracing the potential of the internet”

Except where it perhaps matters most: making their titles available to buy/download/read from the web.

By: Joe Kach

Joe Kach — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:26:21 +0000

F**k SOPA.

–J.

By: James

James — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:00:38 +0000

Ironic that the same people who champion free speech are so threatened by a companies freedom to produce a schlockey sequel of a seminal work.
Freedom of speech means that bad ideas get a chance too.