Godaddy no longer supports SOPA

[jairathnem]

Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA
Looks to Internet Community & Fellow Tech Leaders to Develop Legislation We All Support


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Dec. 23, 2011) - Go Daddy is no longer supporting SOPA, the "Stop Online Piracy Act" currently working its way through U.S. Congress.
"Fighting online piracy is of the utmost importance, which is why Go Daddy has been working to help craft revisions to this legislation - but we can clearly do better," Warren Adelman, Go Daddy's newly appointed CEO, said. "It's very important that all Internet stakeholders work together on this. Getting it right is worth the wait. Go Daddy will support it when and if the Internet community supports it."

Go Daddy and its General Counsel, Christine Jones, have worked with federal lawmakers for months to help craft revisions to legislation first introduced some three years ago. Jones has fought to express the concerns of the entire Internet community and to improve the bill by proposing changes to key defined terms, limitations on DNS filtering to ensure the integrity of the Internet, more significant consequences for frivolous claims, and specific provisions to protect free speech.

"As a company that is all about innovation, with our own technology and in support of our customers, Go Daddy is rooted in the idea of First Amendment Rights and believes 100 percent that the Internet is a key engine for our new economy," said Adelman.

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," Jones said.

Source : http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=378&isc=smfb2

 

[TheRealRazzy]

I wonder if they changed their mind because a lot of people were ready to jump ship

 

[SOCOM]

so much for their last reply about how their business wasn't affected.

 

[zebrahat]

Progress, in time for Christmas. But note GoDaddy does not oppose SOPA, it merely pulled positive endorsement of it. It does not express any philosophical or principled objection to any of the assault on free speech, just blather about their site being " rooted in the idea of First Amendment Rights." The problem is GoDaddy has evidenced problems in this regard that predates the SOPA controversy---their embrace of SOPA simply underlined them. They will wait until the controversy dies down just enough, then re-endorse about the same bill when no one is looking, or mobilizing boycotts.

 

[MrBlue]

Progress, in time for Christmas. But note GoDaddy does not oppose SOPA, it merely pulled positive endorsement of it. It does not express any philosophical or principled objection to any of the assault on free speech, just blather about their site being " rooted in the idea of First Amendment Rights." The problem is GoDaddy has evidenced problems in this regard that predates the SOPA controversy---their embrace of SOPA simply underlined them. They will wait until the controversy dies down just enough, then re-endorse about the same bill when no one is looking, or mobilizing boycotts.

Yea I don't buy it either. Boycott is still on. December 29th!

 

[demongerbil]

I HATE GoDaddy with a passion, their whole site, the million upsells, the HORRENDOUS UI/UX, so don't need to give me another reason to boycott them.

Really the only redeeming thing about their whole company is Danica Patrick in the commercials, but I feel like all the other issues are beginning to FAR outweigh her.

 

[Troshi]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...rces-godaddy-to-drop-its-support-for-sopa.ars

 

[demongerbil]

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...rces-godaddy-to-drop-its-support-for-sopa.ars

Wait, what? When did they replace Parsons

 

[download]

Hilarious. Guess they were losing more money off customers than they were making off Hollywood

 

[TheRealRazzy]

I wonder how big of a hit their wallets took

 

[zerocoolflo]

Bloody Idiots.... How can you be so stupid to take a sh*tty decision, loose XXXXX $ and then change your stance 180 degrees...


So much on their word...

Blah it's so idiotic that I can laugh... "

 

[laowu]

i DO NOT like Godaddy and their stu..d boss

 

[sapo]

The boycott is still on baby. I stop using them in early 2010, can care less about their deals.

 

[Evan257]

Godaddy was actually involved in drafting this repugnant terrorist/world police legislation. Im moving to hosting24 right now.

 

[Cons1lience]

"Initially, GoDaddy was defiant. In a statement emailed to Ars Technica Thursday evening, the company said "Go Daddy has received some emails that appear to stem from the boycott prompt, but we have not seen any impact to our business."

But this reaction only enraged GoDaddy's customers. And evidently, the impact on their business began to be more obvious on Friday." With this statement: Go Daddy: *Insert foot and bite down*

At least there is some unity in the online community. Even if our political system is just a sham, a joke - to the highest bidder, we, if united, should still be able to delay what may be the inevitable.

 

[TransparentNZT]

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/...daddy-calling-customers-begging-them-to-stay/



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