GoDaddy, a site likely closed under SOPA, supports SOPA

[IAAM Radio]

Anon says that this has passed but it said in the post that this will get even worse if the bill passes All i know is Godaddy is going to lose it business over this over 60,000 domains have been moved away from them.

PS: Including my deleted account there.

This is why I asked the question how does he know it was 60M accounts? Seems numbers get tossed about without data to support it. I too tought 60M loss was off base that would have been all over the news and it ws not.

All and all I understand the intent of the comment but it's important to suport one's position with facts.

 

[froggyboy604]

Wikipedia says they had 45 million in 2010. This means not even 1% of their domains were lost if this is accurate.

Right now the year is ending. Many will expire. And people may not buy from godaddy. So they'll fall even more.

I agree many people with expire domained, or are buying new domains will probably pick alternatives like Namecheap.

If SOPA passes in the US, there may be even fewer domains people will register espiecally domain names related to file sharing like Megaupload, dropbox, user generated content, celebrities, entertainment, books, video games, and music since SOPA will make it easier to take these sites offline easily, and arresting the owner and staff. Some owners may choose to choose to close down their music or movie blog and furums like PerezHilton because they don't want to be arrested for running a blog with copyrighted images and video clips of copyrighted content.

 

[Shahrier]

GoDaddy has 50 Million+ domains registered before they supported SOPA.

In the past 2 days, they lost 61k domains and counting to namecheap alone. I'm guessing they will keep losing for a while. But, they probably will still have the most domains registered.

 

[GAF]

GoDaddy has 50 Million+ domains registered before they supported SOPA.

In the past 2 days, they lost 61k domains and counting to namecheap alone. I'm guessing they will keep losing for a while. But, they probably will still have the most domains registered.

Do you have a source for this fact?

 

[Keizo]

I hate to say it, but I doubt this will pass at all. <--- That came out wrong.


The internet is huge, and its been underestimated.


If this passes, the US government will be gone in a matter of hours thanks to Anonymous.

I mean look at what they did to the Playstation Network that one time.

 

[Blum Master]

ahem... what is this SOPA thing actually? 🙁

 

[Keizo]

May god Help you.

I feel bad that you don't what it is, but at the same time I envy you, cause you probably would never know why the internet is gone.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

 

[Watch Me Sink]

ahem... what is this SOPA thing actually? 🙁

Sopa is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "soup."

 

[Keizo]

ahem... what is this SOPA thing actually? 🙁

Sopa is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "soup."

What you did thar...I see it.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

We're getting a bit off-topic, guys. 😉