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Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by alphakappa » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:17 PM UTC

benburleson wrote: post #69

rkon wrote: post #20

More like "GoDaddy no longer publicly supports SOPA". Just looking out for their bottom line, I'm sure.

That is the simple rule of life. If you ever wonder why someone/company is doing what they do, follow the money.

You are needlessly cynical, my friend. Money does drive a lot of corporate decisions, but plenty of stuff is done because "it's cool" or out of pure altruism too. It's possible to somehow attribute even altruism to eventual profits (altruism = good image = more business), but do we need to be so cynical?

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by Steko » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:19 PM UTC

Zak wrote: post #139

jlcx wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's no good place to say this, but that URL bothers me every time I see it. What the hell are "Rouge Websites?" I think they meant something else. :-P

Clearly, they mean websites that are red. Red means communist. We must protect ourselves from the threat of communism.

Make up America!!1 Every year we lose tens of thousands of dollars to counterfeit online cosmetics!

Fight the powder! We need SOAP to unmascara the pirates!

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by despite2 » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:24 PM UTC

mwsherman wrote: post #76

marshray wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think they should be commended for backing away (only after huge public outrage) from a position that was despicable in the first place. I'm happy to forget about them for a while longer.

And that’s fine! They’ve turned you off as a customer, based on issues that are important to you. I’m simply pointing out that (perhaps) outcomes matter a bit more than our indignant feelings.

But what is the outcome? In what way does this undo the damage? They submitted a letter of support, and I presume money, to Congress. A post on their web page does not take back any of that.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by BrandonM » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #169

RobPfeifer wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've met the CEO a couple of times, and I'd say he basically brags about exploitative they are. Have to say I'm shocked at how many tech savvy people use them. Didn't realize how convincing Danica Patrick is I guess.

I don't know how tech saavy I am, but I continue to use them because they provide low cost Windows based hosting which is relatively easy to use. Every time I look for an alternative, a comparable level of services is significantly more expensive at other providers. I wish it weren't the case, but it is.

This is the first rational explanation I've seen for this, so I voted it up. I'd be interested in hearing alternative solutions, if only for your sake :).

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by Steko » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

sounds wrote: post #36

drx wrote: post #3

> In changing its position, Go Daddy remains steadfast in its promise to support security and stability of the Internet. In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support. > "Go Daddy has always fought to preserve the intellectual property rights of third parties, and will continue to do so in the future,…

This is hilarious! More translations that might make your day: > In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support. Translation: we said some pretty stupid things yesterday. > Go Daddy ... worked with federal lawmakers for months ... legislation first introduced some three years ago ... entire Internet co…

Go Daddy wants SOPA to pass so bad sometimes they just cold shut down websites whenever big content sends them an email:

http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/michael-bentkover-w...

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by ChuckMcM » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:26 PM UTC

I think the positive outcome here is that Go Daddy publicly responded to customer pressure over what was no doubt a lot of 'insider' pressure from the folks at the RIAA/MPAA etc.

Getting the public and Congress educated on the realities of information value is a painfully slow process. However, as the wave finally crests I think our grandchildren will look back on this and say "Wow, you all really thought some weird things." (of course they will likely think that anyway but still)

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by nkoren » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:32 PM UTC

jlcx wrote: post #135

botker wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's 1 down, 141 to go. Who's next? http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Su...

There's no good place to say this, but that URL bothers me every time I see it. What the hell are "Rouge Websites?" I think they meant something else. :-P

I haven't actually read the text of SOPA, but I have this amusing fantasy of Anonymous having planted a congressional staffer to do a global search-and-replace through the entire law. Then, when it passes, the following can occur:

EvilMegaCorp : Remove this rogue domain from your DNS immediately.

DNS : Sorry, we're not going to do that.

EvilMegaCorp : But you are legally required to, per SOPA!

DNS : Actually, SOPA only requires us to de-link rouge websites. The Engrish-branded knockoff Asian cosmetics industry has really been decimated by this.

EvilMegaCorp : >

Sigh. A nerd can dream...

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by rhizome31 » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:33 PM UTC

api wrote: post #143

Too little, too late. Fuck them. Of course, I would have said that before they stopped supporting SOPA. They've always been a sleazy spammy company whose advertising is full of blatant sexism. We should not have been surprise by their support of SOPA. Sleaze will do as sleaze does.

I've never been on their website (most of us over here use gandi.net) and was curious what you meant by blatant sexism and I just have to say wow. Just wow. It's so stupid it looks fake.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by spencerfry » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:37 PM UTC

Too little. Too late.

Re: Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA

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Post by bborud » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:40 PM UTC

While I applaud GoDaddy for having reversed their position on SOPA, I believe they did so not because it was the right thing to do but because they feared for their bottom line.

I still think people should stay away from GoDaddy. You should not do business with anyone whose first instinct is to support defective legislation when they so clearly should know better. GoDaddy have shown what their values are. It is going to take a lot more than a press release to convince me that they are deserving of my business in the future.