<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>They've backpedaled and said they no loner support SOPA.<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Mike Bean" <beandaemon@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"CLUE's mailing list" <clue@cluedenver.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, December 23, 2011 10:15:27 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[clue] dec29th = leave GoDaddy [politics/SOPA]<br><br>Thinking about the subject, occurred to me that there are some clue-bies with some pretty strong feelings about SOPA. Strong enough to put your money where your mouth is?<br>(Provided of course that anyone has sites/domain names on GoDaddy)<br>
<br><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5870779/december-29th-is-leave-godaddy-day" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/5870779/december-29th-is-leave-godaddy-day</a><br><br>****************************************************************************<br>
December 29th Is Leave GoDaddy Day
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<p>Congress pitches <a href="http://gizmodo.com/sopa" target="_blank">awful bill</a>. Dozens of companies <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5870241/presented-without-comment-every-single-company-supporting-sopa-the-awful-internet-censorship-law" target="_blank">support awful bill</a>. One of those companies is the reviled, asshole-ish GoDaddy. GoDaddy <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5870559/as-if-you-needed-another-reason-to-hate-fcking-godaddy" target="_blank">dismisses</a> criticism. Internet decides it <a href="http://theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/12/reasons-not-upset-reddit/46601/" target="_blank">doesn't need</a> GoDaddy. Let's do this.</p>
<p>The idea of an organized GoDaddy domain walkout, prompted by lolcat baron <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5870638/lolcat-kingpin-threatens-giant-boycott-against-godaddys-sopa-lust" target="_blank">Ben Huh</a> and <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nmnie/godaddy_supports_sopa_im_transferring_51_domains/?limit=500" target="_blank">community organization on Reddit</a>, is a damn good one. GoDaddy has already rolled its eyes at the idea of a boycott in a note to ArsTechnica:</p>
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<p>Go Daddy has received some emails that appear to stem from the boycott prompt, but we have not seen any impact to our business.</p>
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<p>If you're currently doing business with GoDaddy, why don't you give them some impact on the 29th? [<a href="http://theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/12/reasons-not-upset-reddit/46601/" target="_blank">Atlantic Wire</a>]</p>
<p>****************************************************************************</p><p>Personally, I like to see this kind of activism, but I tend to respect anyone's right to make the choice for themselves. I don't have a site on GoDaddy, so I can't support the effort directly, but I thought I'd pass along the word, and support them indirectly. Would it be an abuse to ask if someone can pass along the word to the crowd at DenHac?</p>
<p>Bean<br></p>
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