14 DAY TRIAL // Nvidia has released a statement regarding its position on the Stop Online Piracy Act, saying that, while it opposes piracy, the law proposal isn’t the right way to fight such a phenomenon.
The whole gaming industry has been rocked by the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a bill currently in discussion at the U.S. congress, which would severely impact free speech on the Internet and fiercely punish anyone even remotely dealing with copyrighted content.
While the Entertainment Software Association, a group of video game companies from all around the world, openly supports SOPA, it seems that Nvidia, alongside many of its members, actually oppose the bill.
The graphics card company has now posted a statement on its corporate blog, saying that it wants to stop piracy, because “it hurts our game-developer partners,” but that SOPA isn’t the “right solution to the problem.”
Nvidia joins other video game companies, including Nintendo, Sony, Electronic Arts or Epic Games, which openly withdrew their support for SOPA, at least in its current form.
The bill will once again be discussed in Congress after its winter recess.