GoDaddy loses over 37,000 domains due to SOPA stance

How does it feel to be bullied by the mass mobs---now you know how outsourced security guards feel in your local cities across america! What's sauce for the goose-is sauce for the gander!

We will bring the abomination this country has become-- down to the flagstones-if it be piece by bloody piece-so-the-hell-be it ! (GUY FAWKES, THE MASSES, THE HACKERS AND THE MARXIST'S)
 
good bye go daddy we support a free internet, and the government can go to hell with their scams and lies.
 
I feel sorry for the one brave guy/gal who begged to differ...(s)he has a very valid concern, and it seems that small businesses have little to no effective recourses against criminals that are intent on stealing software. Hopefully there are a few more out there who aren't afraid to speak up against the scumbags who horribly outgun the good guys...or support attempts (albeit misguided to many) to bring them to justice.
 
reality is that they want to save failing marketing models by imposing laws and restrictions, when you have everything already, you certainly are not interested by change and progress.

**** YOU to the establishement and **** YOU to their lackeys (go Daddy I'm looking at you)
 
"overzealous copywright owners." Wow. Next thing you know "overzealous" home owners might complain about their house being robbed. Get a job hippies, and buy your **** legally.
 
I wish those transfers were due to the boycott, but sadly, since the decrease in number of domains started long before the boycott was announced, and because their marketshare didn't decline, I think there's something different going on.
 
I believe that piracy in all its forms both physically and digitally should be stopped and that people who work hard to make the things we love should be compensated for their hard work and talent, but... when the laws to stop said piracy treads on my freedom of speech, I have to draw the line.
 
I know it's small fry, but they just lost another two domains. Don't let this aloof and arrogant business off the hook, don't do business with godaddy, bluerazor, domainsbyproxy, domainspricedright, etc.

If not for the internet, do it for the endangered species.
 
A couple of problems for using the online piracy that goes on to justify SOPA. The first is mentioned in the article. SOPA supports revoking rights without due process. That leaves it open to all kinds of abuse (there is a reason that due process exists, believe it or not).

Another problem is this idea that the copies of a copyrighted work that are obtained illegally would otherwise be obtained legally. If you created a game and 90 percent of the copies of it are obtained illegally, then if those copies couldn't be obtained illegally, most would simply not be obtained. It's more likely that the elimination of illegal copies would lead to 10% greater sales or less than it is that it would result in ten times as many sales.
 
Fantastic people! We can do it. First it was Bank of America,Then Net Flix and Now Go Daddy.
Cmon lets do something that to ROCK THIS PLACE TOGETHER and get rid of all the political ******
 
Which obviously isn't much now is it?

GoDaddy's stance is a business one. When people ding them for being 'questionable', they don't know how business works.

First, GoDaddy is a corporation that employs thousands of people through direct and indirect contracts. You transfer out of GoDaddy and you're upholding your 'ethical stance', great, go hug a rainbow. However, you're also making a corporate giant more unstable income-wise, thus potentially killing jobs. With the USA's economy right now, you would think of an alternative but nope, 37,000+ domains gone and probably 25% of that hosted web sites means millions in lost revenue. Millions of lost revenue means a handful of employees will get laid off and all those families that need their moms and dads' incomes would also be affected.

Good job consumers! Making 'ethical choices' that screw others over.

Second, GoDaddy's founder Bob Parsons killed one elephant. He didn't hunt and kill elephants - not the plural. He killed one elephant that fed dozens of malnourished families. Most people who comment saying he's an animal abuser buy their food at a local grocer. These people that ate the elephant often go for days without food because there is no local grocer.

Again, good job consumers for skewering the facts and blowing it out of proportion. If killing one elephant of an endangered species was truly that bad, then please follow through with that ethic and DO NOT buy your goods and services from everyone that are hunters, butchers or those with some form of petty and otherwise a criminal history. Don't by a hypocrite please. Makes you look utterly lame.

Third and lastly, if you think GoDaddy's nav system is hard to use, I have to slightly agree with you, but like all things - like all hosting companies, there is a learning curve. Do you expect to play hockey or football well right at birth? No, so don't expect to know how to program in PHP or plant a good farm in 30 minutes. GD needs work in their nav system and prices, but that's about it.

TL, DR: Consumer's domino effect of what is truthful is often skewered by various personalities. Re-check the facts before making decisions because your choices may effect more than just your 'ethical' ideals.
 
BUT THE KEY POINT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYONE ANSWER IS HOW MANY ARE LEFT??

IS THIS A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OR JUST A DROP IN THE OCEAN?

I have not seen any commentators, anywhere, answer this.

They lost 30,000 odd but what percentage is that of their total business??

Is this 1% or 50% of their customers or what?
 
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Which obviously isn't much now is it?

GoDaddy's stance is a business one. When people ding them for being 'questionable', they don't know how business works.

First, GoDaddy is a corporation that employs thousands of people through direct and indirect contracts. You transfer out of GoDaddy and you're upholding your 'ethical stance', great, go hug a rainbow. However, you're also making a corporate giant more unstable income-wise, thus potentially killing jobs. With the USA's economy right now, you would think of an alternative but nope, 37,000+ domains gone and probably 25% of that hosted web sites means millions in lost revenue. Millions of lost revenue means a handful of employees will get laid off and all those families that need their moms and dads' incomes would also be affected.

Good job consumers! Making 'ethical choices' that screw others over.

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Ok, so just to recap... A company is supporting a seriously questionable bill that could be totally misused and (theoretically) affect the freedoms and liberties of every single person using the internet... And we are not allowed to decide what to do with our own business, or who we deal with, just because it might affect the employees of that company? Really, that's your stance? So, by your logic, companies like Enron should never have lost business or had any kind of backlash because of their business practices. Bernie Madoff should have run free, since I'm sure he had some employees that depended on him. And hey, all those financial institutions that did their best to destroy our economy with their stupidity should have just gotten a pat on the head and not suffered a scratch, since so many people were employed by them...

Fact is, we have a RIGHT to choose who we support and who we do not. Sure, pulling business out of GoDaddy may affect jobs. But, it will also create a corresponding amount of jobs elsewhere, it's not a freakin vacuum - that should be basic knowledge for someone who seems intent on lecturing everyone else on how business works... If you want to rant on someone, try placing the blame where it belongs - rant on the (probably highly overpaid) executives at GoDaddy who decided to support this crap legislation in the first place. If jobs are lost, the fingers should point right to the top, not to the customers who have chosen how they want to spend their money.

/end counter-rant
 
When I took over domain management at my company, my first order of business was to move everything we had away from GD. I took pride in moving the almost 200 domains we had with them, despite the pain in the rear it was. I have never cared for their marketing tactics, and as a female working for woman-owned company, I felt it was something I just had to do. Love seeing them lose their hold on the internet.
 
yeah let's give free reign to companies because they hire people, sorry but the hostage taking tactics do not work. Try to scare us more, lackeys.
 
BORG LOCUTIS said:
How does it feel to be bullied by the mass mobs---now you know how outsourced security guards feel in your local cities across america! What's sauce for the goose-is sauce for the gander!

We will bring the abomination this country has become-- down to the flagstones-if it be piece by bloody piece-so-the-hell-be it ! (GUY FAWKES, THE MASSES, THE HACKERS AND THE MARXIST'S)
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What is good for the goose is good for the gander is about gender (in)equality and has nothing to do with what on earth you are going on about…
 
Yeah sorry to hear that but they're not going to police this with no "due process". Get real
 
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