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.
148 User Comments
Anonymous
We have to stop govt from getting into every aspect of our lives. There are other ways to combat piracy besides giving the govt more control over us. I’m very surprised Godaddy will not side with the people on this. I will be writing my representatives (if you can call them that) and let them know how I feel about this further intrusion on our lives.
Alvin Marcott
good work obama! keep screwing up the internet
Anonymous
I’ll come back when D*****a finally bares all. I hate a tease.
Anonymous
THIS SOPA BILL COULD ONLY HAVE COME FROM THE SENATE AND A DEMOCRAT. MORE GOVERMENT INTRUSION INTO THE ONE PLACE LEFT FOR AMERICANS TO GET THE TRUTH AND A NONBIASED NEWS. PLEASE WAKE UP AND REMOVE THESE CLOWNS IN 2012. ITS AMERICA ONLY HOPE BEFORE WE TURN INTO VENEZUALA! THE DEMOCRATS MAIN MAN HERO HUGO CHAVEZ.
Weave
So are you saying that Republicans are going to block this bill? Yeah, I didn’t think so.
Anonymous
No weave. We do not believe the reps will block this. But the fact is that neo-communist democrats will stop at nothing until they destroy the freedoms America once held, and the pics with the dems celebrating in the arms of Chavez, Castro, middle east terrorists proves the direction they are willing to go to sacrifice this nation.
Skip Cook
Remember is was the two sleazebag Republicans, McLame and Lindsey Graham that gave us NDAA. It is very much in the same vain as SOPA. They all (with the exception of one or two) are crooks and liars.
Sissy
Two RINOs who need to be kicked out our show their true colors and change parties to the Dark Side and put a D by their names.
onceproudamerican
There is only one Rep. in congress that can be trusted to obey the Constitution, luckily he happens to be running for President.
Robert Courtney
Every blog has to have a rat faced rabid Paulie.
‘The only one”…blah….blah…blah…..
We’ve heard that before and we got Obama.
I am not buying it. If you think you can find someone that stupid to do this AGAIN, have at it.
“And he raised his hand and the seas receded, the air became clean, and…” Uh uh, not this time, Paulie.
Not a hairs difference between a Paulie ad an Obot.
And Paulie, that “you ain’t no” Patriot, American, etc crap don’t work on me, so don’t waste your time. Or do, I could care less.
onceproudamerican
Can you offer any evidence to the contrary, NO, because nobody else obeys their oath of office!
It is obvious you don’t care about America because you are not in support of strict obedience to our Constitution. Name-calling only points out the lack of intellectual horsepower by the name-caller.
Merry Christmas!
Anonymous
But has absolutly any chance of winning because of outlandish and crazy ideas, but you ARE right, only one, but you have spelled his name wrong. Change it to G-I-n-g-r-i-c-h and you will be 100 percent right.
onceproudamerican
Can you educate by expanding and giving use a couple of his ‘crazy’ ideas?
Are you saying it is crazy to obey the Constitution?
Anonymous
This just goes to show you how far over the cliff of Marxism we have fallen when a Constitutional scholar who stands on Constitution principles is called outlandish and crazy. If you think he is outlandish and crazy, don’t bother reading Thomas Jefferson’s writings because he is REALLY out there. That’s the problem with progressives, they pay lip service to Jefferson and Hamilton, but label anyone who belives what they believed as racist morons. Do us a favor, stop pretending you are a patriot out of one side of your constitutionally ignorant mouth, while castigating anyone out of the other side of your mouth because they disagreed with you pro Marxist slavery midset. You’re lucky we conservatives don’t believe in dragging you out into the streets and dispensing with your subversion like your hero Che did. If we did, you would have been nothing more than a bad memory destined to be forgotten long ago.
Isaac Cervantes III
Sure they’ll block it, just like they blocked the 2 month payroll tax cut (which can’t be enforced)…All that was needed was one dissenter to stop the useless extension…even the new blood Tea Party reps failed to make even one whimper, Ron Paul (Mr Constitution) didn’t say jack..
Bob Dinitto
The Republicans and Democrats have morphed into one massive, mind-numbing, dysfunctional, political blob of self-absorbed crap. The US government is under the complete control of corporate interests and works consistently against the interest of average Americans. This is a bipartisan screwing performed on command for their corporate masters. Blaming one side or the other is missing the main point. No incumbents should be reelected, they are all horrible.
MoneyCone
One good thing about SOPA is that your right to scream like this, carl6352, will be curtailed.
Tim Webster
Ugh. Please stop this. The issues here are not due to any party. You are, unfortunately, still under the ruse that one party is better than they other. An association to a political party does not mean anything. You must look at the actual candidate, and not the party, then make your decision. Voting Republican, blindly, will help you end up with a guy like Newt Gingrich in office.. and I’m sure no one wants that! =)
Anonymous
I would say Mr Webster, that you could be blind, deaf and most certanly DUMB, DUMB, and DUMB. There are big and major differences in the two partys, in idealogy, in IQ, in persuit of freedom and differences in how big government should be. They differ in knowing when to STOP spending (the tea party and some republicans) on who to let vote (dmorats want free voting, as many times as possible, by illegals, felons, etc) while the other side beleives you should have a picture ID, no one dead should be allowed to vote, let servicemens vote count, but not allow the Chicago rule as in vote early and often. There are major differences but it helps to sort it all out if you can read, listen to more than CNN and CNBC, Ed “wife beater” Shultz, and so on!
AC
As I mentioned above, SOPA was introduced by a Republican. How does that fit within your idea of the two parties? And who’s “DUMB, DUMB, and DUMB” now?
onceproudamerican
There isn’t a thimble’s worth of difference between the two parties. The both favor the state over the individual, in spite of the reason the Declaration of Independence says our government was formed.
AC
As I mentioned above, SOPA was introduced by a Republican. How does that fit within your idea of the two parties? And who’s “DUMB, DUMB, and DUMB” now?
Anonymous
Voting blindly for “Hope and change” gets us what we have now.
orlandorays
Newt Gingrich got us a balanced budget in the 1990s.
M.
Gingrich may be a bloviating promotion machine, but he’s one of the only leaders of the two parties in the 90’s who opposed multiple attempts at regulation of the Internet, including regulation of encryption by the NSA via the State Dept, taxation of the Internet by states and the feds, and segregation of the internet into regulated speech zones for adult content and protected speech.
Al Gore, by way of comparison, was a primary sponsor (other than the NSA) of the clipper chip, a scheme to make the entire country use the NSA’s skipjack algorithm with an NSA backdoor built in. He and Clinton were also ‘reliable’ supporters of anything the FBI asked for.
Anonymous
They just won’t get it. These people play ping pong, tag team, taking turns screwing us equally and they are able to keep up the gig by introducing a new puppet every 4 or 8 years under the pretence of a difference. There is no difference between Bush and Obama..or Obama and Gengrich, or Gingrich and Perry..they would continue this agenda of Globalization regardless of who “wins” the election. I love the” at least”, and” even though” people, as in; “even though Bush lied us into war and murdered countless innocent people and killed scores of U.S soldiers based on that lie, signed into law the Patriot act and other unconstitutional legislation, at least he didn’t unconstitutionally start 2 more wars without congressional approval, murder U.S citizens with no due process, and sign into law the NDAA and SOPA bills”. This logic is flawed and ridiculous, They are both equally guilty of crimes against the very constitution they were sworn to protect and uphold. I guess it boils down to who do you like screwing you more, the elepahnt or the donkey? the all work for the same power structure, and right now that power structure has to collapse America in order to constrct this NWO, (google George Bush sr. speach on the “New World Order” dated Sept. 11 1991, yes, 10 years to the DAY the towers fell). We wont even recognize the real enemies if we keep wasting our energy on these puppet punching bags……..
Esther McNulty
As a life long union democrat, I would rather have Newt Gingrich as president than the clueless socialist idiot that currently occupies the seat. Progressiveness is Communism disguised as socialism.
Sissy
No hack, these big government nanny state bills almost always come from the fascist loving democrats so go F yourself.
AC
You know what the irony is? It was actually introduced by a Republican (Larry Smith from Texas). But please continue to pretend like you actually know anything.
Anonymous
Who signed the Bill into law? Ooopssy…
Riku Marttinen
Grhm… Army anyone? Biggest piece of the budget – damn socialism!!
Daniel Martin Gray
I am extremely pleased to see liberty-loving elements of both Left and Right coming together to fight against pending legislation that would drastically curtail free speech by installing intitutional censorship and prior restraint.
Although separate in their campaigns, they move in parallel, for the same goal!
It’s time that we ALL awake to the danger of Progs and their cronies, whether Republican or Democrat. They seek the same aim, CONTROL.
Although I would prefer to die in my sleep, an old man in a free and prosperous America,
I would die on my feet, if need be, for I will NOT live on my knees…
Brendon Nutt
I have been saying this for years, and the evidence is plain to see. By switching back and forth between which party is in control, more and more laws are put into place that hurt us as Americans that serve both supposed agendas.
It is all a game, a hoax, and not even an elaborate one. We are a country that is falling, and I’m glad to see so many people waking up to this fact.
Left or Right, the two party system doesn’t work. It certainly doesn’t work for the people.
Anonymous
it hasn’t been signed yet. ooooops
Anonymous
@AC … It is Lamar Smith ( not Larry ) and yes he is a republican, however the Heritage Foundation scores him at 59% with makes him a RINO … so he votes with the democrats and not the conservative issues. Democrats and RINO’s just don’t get it. It’s sad.
Anonymous
he may have a rep on his plate but what it should say is rhino. that is not a republican he is quasi rep that is really a democrat. its like a blue dog dem only thye vote lock step if there vote is needed if not they nay and lie to there voters!
Todd Brown
Right on right on the money…. Could not have said it better myself…..Have a Great day….
Anonymous
We have the Patriot Act, TSA, Dept. of Homeland Security and a significant increase in defense budgets–not to mention two extremely costly and inefficient wars–thanks to the GOP. You’re welcome.
Mike
Lets keep this simple Tim Webster.
You are an idiot.
And probly a Democrat as well.
But I’m being redundant, aren’t I ?
Agent Meatball
And voting blindly will also help you end up with Barack Obama.
redroksaz
I’m sure you meant to say that “voting Republican blindly will help you end up with a guy like Ron Paul or Mitt Romney in office…..”
smifff
makes no difference who you vote for. BOTH parties are bought and paid for by the big banking families that rule the world.
Abort Democrats
So you complain about partisanship then make partisan claims yourself? Voting Democrat blindly got us Barack Obama, and everyone in America knows how that is working out, great for welfare recipients and unions, terrible for everyone else.
Corey Buckley
I just… I don’t even… This has to just be a really bad troll attempt… since the bill was introduced by a republican and the senate version was blocked by a democrat.
Not even counting the fact that there are people from both major parties in support of AND against both SOPA and PIPA.
If this one was trolling, what is the guy’s response below supporting him supposed to be? Wow..
MoneyCone
This guy was trolling without knowing he was trolling. Sadly true of most republicans today. (Sigh!)
Dipper Well
The fact-challenged all-caps troll has 109 “likes” and your fact-based response has 2 “likes” – a commentary on the pathetic knowledge base of commenters here. We all live in Ronald Reagan’s world now. 1984 really was 1984.
Dipper Well
The fact-challenged all-caps troll has 109 “likes” and your fact-based response has 2 “likes” – a commentary on the pathetic knowledge base of commenters here. We all live in Ronald Reagan’s world now. 1984 really was 1984.
Anonymous
This bill was introduced by a Republican, Lamar Smith (R-Tex) and supported by a bi-partisan group of 12 co-sponsors. There’s little difference between the GOP and the DNC but there’s enough diffence for me to side with the Republicans as the “lesser” of the two evils. Barely, though.
I used to be Democrat but that party left ME about 20 years ago. Barack Obama (Reid, Pelosi, etc.) are beyond the pale — they’re characters straight out of “Atlas Shrugged”!
Anonymous
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
Anonymous
Wow. Your conjecture is WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY off base. It was introduced in the House by Texas Republican congressman Lamar Smith.
I can understand why you’d come to that conclusion with no actual knowledge. This is just one more way that dems and reps are masquerading as liberals and conservatives. You will know them by their statist fruit.
Now, if you want to actually change anything, I suggest voting for Ron Paul in your primary. Is is not cut from statist cloth. Sure he can’t write legislation, but he can sure veto the hell out of it.
Anonymous
Both parties suck!
Justin Schawl
Do a little research, the Sopa Bill was written by a REPUBLICAN! The same party that seeks to protect us from ourselves. There is no longer any party of small government.
Bob Dinitto
Dumbass!
Nathan Hornby
This has nothing to do with party politics. This is about corporatocracy… companies buying legislation. Any clown in government can be bought, from either side.
Incidentally from what I understand it’s the republican portion of the voting body that has (primarily) been bought – so might be best to get all the facts in place before hitting the caps lock.
Agent Meatball
If you pull the curtain back, what you will probably find is that the internet’s largest companies either lobbied for, or worse, proposed much of the SOPA legislation.
It’s what America has become now. Fascist in a sense because the biggest companies team up with the government to write legislation that makes it harder or even impossible for small players to survive in a market.
BIG business teams up with BIG government seeking to legalize monopolies, divide up the pie (market share) amongst themselves & then socialize their losses (bailouts.)
Ao
who even reads a post where someone is shouting the whole time? pass
Ben Woods
Actually, this bill is the brainchild of Lamar Smith, Republican form Texas. He’s the one that came up with this shit, and he’s the one trying to ram it up all of our unlubed, middle class anuses.
Anonymous
I run a medium sized ISP, we are a small customer with a thousand or do domains with them. We have started moving all our domains from them. However, most of them are paid and we will wait until the end of their subscription to move them, so all effects from this will not be experienced right away. Also consider all the new domains that we will not be registering with them.
GoDaddy`s corporate ethics suck. Simple as that and we dont trust them. Bye bye GoDaddy, hello NameCheap.