GoDaddy lost 72,354 domains this week. It’s not enough.
Despite a massive Twitter campaign and a blog post that claims “Go Daddy no longer supports SOPA legislation” the company and its CEO have dodged questions about opposing the bill. In essence, they are taking a lesser role by not showing support for the bill. They have not opposed it.
This week, they lost around 72,000 domain registrations. At a yearly discounted rate of $6.99 (most registrations are higher), that’s over half a million dollars per year. It is apparently not enough for them to speak out against the bill.
Everyone from large corporations like Google down to small startups like Oklahoma City Dodge are voicing concern about the legislation. “We are watching this subject very closely and looking at what domain changes will need to be made because of GoDaddy’s support of this legislation,” said Mike Chell.
How many domains is the company willing to lose before they oppose this abomination of legislation? Do they believe that when they “step back and let others take leadership roles” we are going to see it as something other than a “duck and cover” public relations move to try to get out of the spotlight and hope someone else takes the brunt of the attacks while they quietly support the bill?
Are 72,354 domains enough? Not even close. It’s a drop in the bucket. They have anywhere from 15,000 to 40,000 domains added daily. Despite cries from the internet, yesterday was a good day with over 32,000 added. Go Daddy has not felt much pain yet. The “PR nightmare” that many of us in the tech industry perceive is happening to them hasn’t hit their pocketbooks in any real form, yet.
Until the effect is more pronounced, they can afford to deflect questions and let the negative PR pass. More must be done.
Only 72,000? People are tripping over their own feet to get as far away as they can, and with good reason!!!
DAILY the ruling class takes more and more of our liberty!! Obama and his untrained chimps were salivating when they read how the Queen of Argentina nationalized the print industry and will now only sell to those papers who are in her pocket. THIS is what socialist/one party rulers do, weather Nazi or Communist it’s always the same, just look at the scum bag in the WHITE house now!!
Online piracy has been promoted for many years by major company i.e. Disney, AOL, Warner Music Group, AT&T, CBS, Microsoft and they have made millions. Now the very same companies are promoting SOPA and crying for piracy! It’s all about controlling the internet.
“No ones life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session” – Mark Twain
Democrats and a few RINO’s are pushing this bill … HR 3261. Unions are in full support such as; Screen Actors Guild, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) , American Federation of Musicians , “As the Guilds and Unions that represent more than 400,000 craftspeople, actors, technicians, directors, musicians, recording artists and others whose creativity is at the heart of the American entertainment industry, we applaud Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), and Congressmen Howard Berman (D-CA) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) along with several other Members of Congress, for introducing HR 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act today.
Serves ’em right.