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GoDaddy, the Maxim Magazine of web hosts, is no longer only known as the company that took a time machine back to the 70s to sell their product using dumb women and big boobs; they're now known as a SOPA supporter... and have paid for it with 72,354 domains that were yanked from their customer list. It seems that GoDaddy's support of SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act), an American bill which would deal the biggest blow against the Internet that this generation has ever seen, has aroused the ire of ... more
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While the software alliance, which consists of most of the major players in the software sector, hasn't done a complete 180, it is back-peddling a bit on its view of the Stop Online Piracy Act. (SOPA). The BSA released a statement via their blog acknowledging the impending breach of free speech and privacy this bill is set to foster. [quote]Valid and important questions have been raised about the bill. It is intended to get at the worst of the worst offenders. As it now stands, however, it could sweep in ... more
