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Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by _ouxp » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:29 AM UTC

gwillen wrote: post #5

Lazare wrote: post #2

I moved all my domains from GoDaddy to Namecheap a while ago. The experience was really smooth, and Namecheap's interface is a TON easier to work with. Although I support the idea of switching domains from GoDaddy to protest their support of SOPA, I sort have to wonder why anyone technically oriented hasn't done so already. Is there ANYTHING to recommend them other than name recognition?

Historical reasons. I've had my domains with them for almost ten years. Ten years ago they were the geek registrar of choice.

Same here. I transfered all of my domains from Network Solutions to them about 10 years ago and have mostly been able to ignore them--I run my own name servers & hosting. More recently, I've been registering domains on namecheap, and this may provide the motivation to finally consolidate my names with a less offensive registrar.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by gwillen » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

_ouxp wrote: post #11

gwillen wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Historical reasons. I've had my domains with them for almost ten years. Ten years ago they were the geek registrar of choice.

Same here. I transfered all of my domains from Network Solutions to them about 10 years ago and have mostly been able to ignore them--I run my own name servers & hosting. More recently, I've been registering domains on namecheap, and this may provide the motivation to finally consolidate my names with a less offensive registrar.

I am planning to transfer my domains to nearlyfreespeech.net. The only thing stopping me is that I renewed them 30 days ago, and apparently you can't transfer a domain within 60 days of renewal for some reason.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by tarellel » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:33 AM UTC

And namecheap sits back and banks on not opening their mouths and keeping their ideas with what the masses want. Not that I have anything wrong with them, they're a great registrar that everyone should switch to.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by cdr » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:33 AM UTC

Note that while Namecheap doesn't support SOPA, they clearly do support some form of new IP legislation: "not in favor of SOPA as it has been proposed", "... only a surgical strike is necessary." Whatever comes after SOPA/PROTECT IP - assuming they're defeated - Namecheap may well endorse.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by cheald » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:38 AM UTC

cdr wrote: post #14

Note that while Namecheap doesn't support SOPA, they clearly do support some form of new IP legislation: "not in favor of SOPA as it has been proposed", "... only a surgical strike is necessary." Whatever comes after SOPA/PROTECT IP - assuming they're defeated - Namecheap may well endorse.

Most sane people support sane IP legislation. It's perfectly reasonable for IP holders to want to have legal recourse against the bad guys. There are lots of people making a lot of money selling a lot of illegal merchandise online.

What people protest about SOPA is that it gives tools to companies (with a history of abusing the recourses granted to them by law) that are akin to a wrecking ball intended to be used as a flyswatter. Sure, you'll get the fly, but you're going to take out three walls, a couple of load-bearing columns, and an unfortunate cat in the process.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:43 AM UTC

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Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by Rhapso » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:43 AM UTC

maybe I have this wrong, but it sounds like they heard the rabble rousing and made a well timed good marketing move. No surprise. But it does make me sad when a political stance is a marketing move.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by phzbOx » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:43 AM UTC

cdr wrote: post #14

Note that while Namecheap doesn't support SOPA, they clearly do support some form of new IP legislation: "not in favor of SOPA as it has been proposed", "... only a surgical strike is necessary." Whatever comes after SOPA/PROTECT IP - assuming they're defeated - Namecheap may well endorse.

Which is fair IMO. I wouldn't want to provide domains for highly immoral websites.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by cdr » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:45 AM UTC

cheald wrote: post #15

cdr wrote: post #14

Note that while Namecheap doesn't support SOPA, they clearly do support some form of new IP legislation: "not in favor of SOPA as it has been proposed", "... only a surgical strike is necessary." Whatever comes after SOPA/PROTECT IP - assuming they're defeated - Namecheap may well endorse.

Most sane people support sane IP legislation. It's perfectly reasonable for IP holders to want to have legal recourse against the bad guys. There are lots of people making a lot of money selling a lot of illegal merchandise online. What people protest about SOPA is that it gives tools to companies (with a history of abusing the recourses granted to them by law) that are akin to a wrecking ball intended to be used as…

We have pretty sane IP law already in the DMCA - IP rightsholders already have several avenues of recourse, including the US govt's warantless domain seizures. Anything new is going to beyond the DMCA, and probably far beyond. I am not in support of that and have a hard time cheering on any company that is in support.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by sontek » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 3:00 AM UTC

Does namecheap have free DNS? I have 25 domains on godaddy and thinking about moving them, but I will need to be able to manage nameservers through whoever I switch to since right now thats all done through godaddy.

Also, whats the cost of transfering?