Ask HN: why is Johnson & Johnson listed as supporting SOPA?

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14 years ago

I'm a regular customer of Johnson & Johnson products, so I emailed them about their support for SOPA.

To my suprise, they're denying any explicit support for the legislation:

http://cloud.github.com/downloads/duncan-bayne/duncan-bayne.github.com/Email%20Response.pdf

... and they don't appear on the official list of supporters here:

http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/issues_RogueWebsites.html

However, they do appear on this list:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmGJz_37ojoqdFZhYlBhN2hQOGRoN2R0ZGh3VDZlblE&pli=1#gid=0

... and many others like it.

Could someone familiar with this issue please explain the apparent discrepancy?

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