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Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by rsa982 »

noduerme wrote: post #52

Hah. I just reloaded HN and clicked the comments here -- I've had a few drinks -- I thought this was the same article along the lines of "Go Daddy Supports SOPA", until I read through the responses. This just shows what a couple thousand mobilized, highly motivated geeks can do in six hours. HN is solely responsible for this. Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple'…

HN is nowhere solely responsible for this. If at all, the credit for pioneering this should go solely to Reddit.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by FuzzyDunlop »

RexRollman wrote: post #28

"Go Daddy has always fought to preserve the intellectual property rights of third parties." Doesn't that kind of imply that GoDaddy is less than concerned about the rights of domain owners? Guilty until proven innocent, I guess.

One could argue that if they fought to preserve the IP rights of third parties, they wouldn't be in the business of enabling the infringement of those rights by selling domain names and server space.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by bradleyland »

This is great news. Now for the relevant question: How does it impact the passage of SOPA?

GoDaddy doesn't vote on legislation. I'm sending letters to my representatives right now pointing out the backlash and about face that GoDaddy has done.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by rsa982 »

int3rnaut wrote: post #59

I can't believe all the hate going on. They publicly admitted they were wrong and changed their stance. I don't care if you are a gigantic corporation or not, that takes guts and I can at least respect that. There's no doubt they did it to stop the bleeding, but they still did it. And that's what we want right? For SOPA to lose traction, and for it not to pass. Yet it seems like this has almost become a dump on godad…

They are simply trying to avoid the impending financial disaster that awaits them. They are just doing PR. It has absolutely nothing with what they "really" think about SOPA. It's all cosmetic, whatever turnaround they have shown. How can you change your thoughts in a day ? It's all about dollars for them and nothing else

Here is a link which approves of the point above : http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nntxp/godaddys_res...

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by weaksauce »

rumblestrut wrote: post #44

I set up a Namecheap account and purchased a domain yesterday. No terrible upselling, pretty straightforward shopping cart (not a fan that it didn't take Discover, but no biggie). Overall, it was a pleasant experience. I'm a longtime Go Daddy customer and have several domains with them. I've thought about moving from GoDaddy, but never made it a priority. But I finally got motivated enough to see the process of switc…

I wouldn't wait; the process takes some time and if you put it off until the last minute you will be forced to stay with godaddy. You are not able to transfer a domain if there is less than 7 days left until expiration. do it now and namecheap(or most registrars) will honor the remaining time on the contract and add the year that you buy onto it. really no reason to wait.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by djeikyb »

vinhboy wrote: post #42

Why is everyone so scornful? I am not suggesting we forgive and forget, but shouldn't we be a little more understanding? What's with the "no flip-flop" culture we have nowadays?

I'm scornful because their "recanting" still explicitly names dns filtering as A Good Useful Thing that they are proud of helping refine. They explicitly say they are proud of and would love to support this legislation. They don't get it.

"Go Daddy will support it when and if the Internet community supports it."

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Post by erlis »

This has just proved that we need to redesign the society, we are living with an obsolete model pre-internet. Who need their interest represented by one individual when everyone can have his voice now!? It's really evident that SOPA is an example of antidemoCrazy.

I'm glad Go-Daddy changed his mind. Now, this was just one battle, the war is not over! Let's stop when SOPA is no more, let's stop when we can decide what's best for all of us!

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by OstiaAntica »

vinhboy wrote: post #42

Why is everyone so scornful? I am not suggesting we forgive and forget, but shouldn't we be a little more understanding? What's with the "no flip-flop" culture we have nowadays?

GoDaddy didn't just make a bad call-- they testified in support of SOPA and have been actively working on the design of the bill.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by noduerme »

bgruber wrote: post #72
noduerme wrote: post #52

Hah. I just reloaded HN and clicked the comments here -- I've had a few drinks -- I thought this was the same article along the lines of "Go Daddy Supports SOPA", until I read through the responses. This just shows what a couple thousand mobilized, highly motivated geeks can do in six hours. HN is solely responsible for this. Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple'…

This just shows what a couple thousand mobilized, highly motivated geeks can do in six hours. HN is solely responsible for this. Imagine if the top-ten stories for the day on this board were about the conditions at Apple's factories in China. Or the massacres going on in Syria, for that matter. Something more important than whether that elephant-murdering bastard is a 99%, or a 100% asshole. this.

Was "this" an ironic single syllable, or something more profound? Where are we going with "this"?
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