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"If you refuse to support SOPA \u2014 like Google, Al Gore, Paul Ryan and many Internet companies \u2014 a new Android app called wants to help you take the next step and become a SOPA boycotter.  \nThe 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. \nSOPA, if passed, would give the U.S. federal government power to disable a website it found to be in violation of copyright law.\nThe 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. \nIt does not include products such as movies and music, however. The heavy hitters of the entertainment industry are SOPA's most vocal supporters.\nDoranti tells Mashable he's aware the list isn't exhaustive. \"That's why we include a disclaimer,\" he says.\nThe app has worked well enough to hit a chord with Android users, however. Doranti says that since launching Boycott SOPA on Friday evening, more than 5,000 users have scanned more than 15,000 items. \nEventually, the app's creators hope to make a version that would also identify offending items in other boycotts. They started with SOPA, says Doranti, since \"we thought it would be a cool programming project ... we're connoisseurs of the Internet, and SOPA is going to screw the Internet up.\"\nThey are currently taking donations for \"webhosting, pizza and beer.\"\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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