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The anti-SOPA movement is going to view this as a major win, which may distract from the bigger issue.
I say still boycott godaddy, just for having supported SOPA in the first place. The problem is Godaddy still does support and only pulled out, since threats of boycotts were made by there customers. LEAVE GO DADDY
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 solely responsible for this I love HN. But that statement is myopic and over the top. I believe that Reddit started the discussion on a boycott. At the very least, much discussion took place there.
Sure, they don't overtly claim to support this law - but their actions after the fact shall really show whats going on inside.
Anyone recall when Earthlink was the only company to refuse to comply with allowing Carnivore boxes in its network?
Even though Earthlink, as a Scientologist founded provider, already had an internal policy of scanning all the traffic on their network to begin with.)
When the government shows up and wants something, very few companies refuse to comply. Even when they do not support the actions of the government.
We should be standing up to those companies as well - but we tend to forget quickly.
Nobody stood up to AT&T when they spied on EVERYONE for the crooks in DHS/NSA/CIA.
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 solely responsible for this I love HN. But that statement is myopic and over the top. I believe that Reddit started the discussion on a boycott. At the very least, much discussion took place there.