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Domain registrar GoDaddy may have dropped its official support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), but this ugly chapter is far from over. According to competing registrar Namecheap, GoDaddy is doing all it can to hamper the flow of domains away from its service. Namecheap claims that GoDaddy’s actions violate ICANN rules, but is promising to work with potential customers to get their domains moved.
If Namecheap is to be believed, GoDaddy has been submitting incomplete domain information as a matter of policy when a move is requested. This makes it extremely difficult for a new registrar to process the change. "This action speaks volumes about the impact that informed customers are having on GoDaddy’s business," Namecheap said in a statement. GoDaddy has not responded to the allegations, but we imagine they will deny everything.
GoDaddy came under fire last week when the Internet became aware the registrar supported SOPA. In its present form, SOPA would allow copyright holders to shut down sites that were found to have any infringing material. It would also force alterations to the DNS system that many experts believe would be dangerous.
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kris79
December 27, 2011 at 10:06am
If you want a list of the SOPA supporters with email go here: http://gizmodo.com/5870241/presented-without-comment-every-single-company-supporting-sopa-the-awful-internet-censorship-law
Here's my format for just one of the emails that I've sent in opposition to it:
Concerning your support for SOPA, as reflected on H.R. 3261,
I will look for your company name and refuse to watch, buy, participate, or in any way, use any products from Comcast in the future. Comcast, in its support, has shown that they have caved in to another special interest group with interest to both subjugate and demean the overwhelming majority of Americans who have no intent to do wrong. If you continue your support of SOPA, people like me will actively work to ensure that your company has no further impact on us. Thank you.
TraceyC
December 27, 2011 at 9:11am
The only other registrar I've read of that's worse than GoDaddy is 1 & 1. You know, those people who take out multi page ads in the middle of this magazine's dead tree form :p They do things like lock a domain, prevent you from renewing, and then charge late fees.
Side note: Love the magazine, hate the ads. Hawking shysters like this, and the ads that display "f me" models are what led me to let my subscription to the paper mag elapse.
bpstone
December 27, 2011 at 7:00am
Bob has some explaining to do or he is going to see his company hemorrhage out of control. If I were him, I might start thinking about selling my share before the it goes bust.
Eoraptor
December 26, 2011 at 3:38pm
I would not for a moment doubt it, given the horror stories I have heard about GoDaddy's customer service. they seem like a "profit at all costs" sort of place.
