Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA • Hacker News Board

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by burgerbrain » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:46 AM UTC

Lazare wrote: post #32

slowpoke wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Most sane people support sane IP legislation. Sane IP legislation is no IP legislation. I don't know why we are still clinging to the ridiculous concept of being able to own abstract concepts. The true insanity is IP in the first place.

I support, in principle , the concept of IP, and the right of IP holders to enforce their rights, and I hope everyone else on Hacker News does too. The big questions aren't "should IP even exist as a concept", but instead "how limited IP should be", "what rights IP ownership should give", and "what avenues are available to enforce those rights". Don't forget, "IP protection" is a really broad concept, and it's more t…

"The big questions aren't "should IP even exist as a concept""

Who decided that?

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by davidw » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:48 AM UTC

slowpoke wrote: post #22

cheald wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

>Most sane people support sane IP legislation. Sane IP legislation is no IP legislation. I don't know why we are still clinging to the ridiculous concept of being able to own abstract concepts. The true insanity is IP in the first place.

Why? Because it has been a pretty good, if imperfect, solution to the provisioning of public goods problem, for some categories of public goods:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good#Possible_solutions

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by wesley » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:52 AM UTC

If only namecheap had automatic renewals without having to first put in funds (via paypal). That's the one thing I like about godaddy.. (they charge your cc)

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by 4ad » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 9:58 AM UTC

Lazare wrote: post #32

slowpoke wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Most sane people support sane IP legislation. Sane IP legislation is no IP legislation. I don't know why we are still clinging to the ridiculous concept of being able to own abstract concepts. The true insanity is IP in the first place.

I support, in principle , the concept of IP, and the right of IP holders to enforce their rights, and I hope everyone else on Hacker News does too. The big questions aren't "should IP even exist as a concept", but instead "how limited IP should be", "what rights IP ownership should give", and "what avenues are available to enforce those rights". Don't forget, "IP protection" is a really broad concept, and it's more t…

Many people, myself included, are against the very principle of IP for good reasons: http://www.stephankinsella.com/ip/

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by Jim_Neath » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 10:00 AM UTC

seldo wrote: post #35

Totally independently of their SOPA stance, I would recommend Namecheap over GoDaddy. I've been using Namecheap for years; they are reliable and have a sane (if not terribly pretty) user interface.

I've been using namecheap for years and have yet to have a single issue with them.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by Djehngo » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 10:32 AM UTC

bad_user wrote: post #45

cheald wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I do not agree with your argument because you're ignoring one very damaging trait of SOPA ... penalty without trial and guilty until proven innocent . This has nothing to do with a wrecking ball intended to be used as a flyswatter . This has to do with fundamental human rights. This is more akin to the existence of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. This is George Bush telling people that they need the "proper tools…

I think in the analogy either the load-bearing columns or the cat represented our human rights.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by chjj » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 10:38 AM UTC

Happy to say I've been using namecheap for a little while now. Never had a problem with them.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by rev087 » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 12:41 PM UTC

seldo wrote: post #35

Totally independently of their SOPA stance, I would recommend Namecheap over GoDaddy. I've been using Namecheap for years; they are reliable and have a sane (if not terribly pretty) user interface.

I just own a few domais, but they are all registered at Namecheap, the first since 2006. I too am yet to face a single issue with their service.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by akadien » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 12:59 PM UTC

I've been a very happy Namecheap customer for years, and I have steered everyone I know looking for a registrar to them. I moved from EasyDNS and never regretted it. Now, I'm glad to see they are politically enlightened.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by akadien » Fri, Dec 23, 2011, 1:06 PM UTC

Rhapso wrote: post #17

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.

Why does it make you sad for a business to react to market conditions and try to garner more customers as well as let existing customers know their stance? That is why they exist. I would be sad if they didn't take a stance and use it to support their business.