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.
The best way to prevent SOPA from passing is to emphasize how it will cost 1000s of jobs and won’t even stop piracy at all. If people keep publicizing two points, then I don’t see how any politician could still support it, especially with an election year coming up.
Right now, most are supporting it because they think it will help fight against piracy. Once it’s explained that the bill will crush and hamstring one of the few bright spots left in the economy, while not doing a damn thing to stop piracy, I hope politicians will come around.
So, yes boycotting Go Daddy is nice, but really to stop this everyone should hit the phones and get in touch with your local congressmen telling them how horrid this legislation is.
hey really informative… thnxxx
to all the PARTY LOVERS .. get your govt off my back out of my life and delete yourself form the internet.. this need to regulate everything is infurating . all the govt in the USA need go part time and is needs to be run by citizens not life time self apponited pin heads who pass law that they dont follow or ensure thier total control over the masses.. wait did we not defeat the communist in the cold war..SO HOW IN THE HELL DID THEY GET ELECTED TO OFFICE … THROW THESE TWITS IN TO THE GULAG THEY CREATED.
Many want a free internet with no restrictions, but the USA is becoming more dependent on intellectual property, as we have lost our manufacturing base to China. SOPA ensures that we will not lose our remaining jobs by protecting the property that many work hard to produce. GoDaddy has to find their moral compass and support this bill.
F*ck imam homobama’s internet fascism (and everyone who supports the muslim homo)