Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

Post by soult » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 1:23 PM UTC

Legion wrote: post #48

That's nice. But I prefer my registrar have freedom and anti-censorship be a core everyday value, like NearlyFreeSpeech, rather than something to embrace as a marketing opportunity. Maybe that's unfair to Namecheap, but at any rate, all these issues with GoDaddy that people seem to suddenly care about just now are the reasons I have given NFS all my domain registration business for years now. Just being anti-SOPA isn…

Post by jqueryin » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 1:52 PM UTC

Post by tyler_ball » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:14 PM UTC

jqueryin wrote: post #63

If anyone here works at NameCheap, can I catch a break somehow if I try to transfer all of my domains over? I've got 20+ and hate spending extra money if they aren't up for renewal anytime soon.

Post by radicalcakes » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:30 PM UTC

Post by slowpoke » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 2:36 PM UTC

Natsu wrote: post #30

cheald wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In this context, I mean IP to encompass non-tangible goods like software and music, as well as things like brands (half of SOPA is levied at people who produce counterfeits of popular brand items). Is there a better term I should use?

RMS, among others, objects to the very term because it encompasses so many different things and that leads to ambiguity, preferring instead to refer to rights individually, e.g. trademarks, copyrights, etc. For those who simply want to protest, though, people have been using terms like 'intellectual monopoly' or 'imaginary property' or the like. But that gets you right back to lumping them all together again.