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GoDaddy Backs SOPA
redletterdave writes "Website hosting company GoDaddy has officially voiced its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Bill in 2012, which is designed to thwart movie and music piracy on the Internet by empowering copyright holders to effectively shut down websites or online services found with infringing material. If passed, the U.S. government could blacklist any website it deems in violation of copyright, which could range from a few posts in a Web forum to a few links sent in an e-mail. GoDaddy supports SOPA for 'protecting the intellectual property of hard-working Americans, U.S. business and the American public from the harm that necessarily flows from the purchase of counterfeit products.' Yet, of the 142 companies that support the SOPA bill, GoDaddy is the only Internet company on the list."
Anyone in the industry has known to avoid GoDaddy for domains. Their sole existence is based on commercials and advertisements, not good service. It's a perfect example that advertisements works too. This news isn't exactly surprising and will do nothing to GoDaddy's market share.
to move my domain off of GoDaddy. My laziness only gets them so much revenue.
-- Two men say they're Jesus. One of them must be wrong. - Dire Straits
Regulatory requirements are hardest on smaller entities to implement. This is exactly the kind of barrier that would make it unprofitable for a small DNS provider to implement. Just as HIPAA favors large HMOs over smaller ones, and SOx helps mega-corporations.
Moving your domains now and sending them a note will help *prevent* this bill being passed.
Don't wait for them to pass it.
Do it now, and email them to tell them why you're doing it.
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The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
Isn't the point of SOPA to block people within the USA from accessing content outside of the USA that they cannot otherwise claim jurisdiction over?
Nope. The point of SOPA is to abuse Verisign's US jurisdiction by seizing the domains of content on .COM/.NET/.ORG outside of the USA (and inside, too. Let's be honest. Why go through the trouble of a trial when they've got their new rubber stamp to meet the same end?) so that NO ONE can access it. They're trying to be the great firewall of China for the whole world.
It won't work that way, of course, but it's still the intention.
If price is all you care about, then you get what you pay for. McDonalds and Burger King have nice, cheap lunches ... that will eventually kill you.
My ISP here in Alabama is Hiwaay Information Services. Yes, they charge about $10 more per month than ATT, but they're extremely reliable. When I have a problem, I speak to a local expert who actually knows what he or she is talking about. Y' gets what you pay for.
We can say that we oppose things like SOPA, but one of the most effective ways to prove it is to put your money where your mouth is. Support those businesses that are doing the "right" thing -- EVEN IF IT COSTS A BIT MORE.
Otherwise, when the day comes that the entire Internet is censored and controlled by powerful interests, you'll have no one but yourself to blame.
Cogito, igitur comedam pizza.