Boycott GoDaddy
And any other company in support of SOPA. Quite frankly, I’ve always hated GoDaddy. Anytime I’ve had to deal with a client’s domain that was a pain in the ass to FTP into or transfer, it’s been a GoDaddy domain. And I can’t count how many times someone I know has “lost” a domain to GoDaddy due to some wonderful deal that expired and GD kept the domain.
…TechDirt and the Domains both published articles stating that…the general counsel and corporate secretary from GoDaddy.com submitted a piece to Politico stating the company’s support of SOPA… TechDirt countered the statement by posting screen shots of how GoDaddy itself encourages people to violate SOPA by suggesting domain names that would infringe on other established sites’ copyright and name trademarks. The day before the bill was set to be heard in the House, November 15th, GoDaddy filed an official statement breaking down exactly why they were supporting SOPA, claiming that “there is no question that we need these added tools to counteract illegal foreign sites that are falling outside the jurisdiction of U.S. law enforcement.” (more…)
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