Ten Popular Domains that Have Moved Away from GoDaddy
GoDaddy is one of the most popular domain name registrars on the Internet. They recently lost thousands of clients due to their support of the Stop Online Piracy Act bill, commonly known as SOPA, which was introduced in Congress. That bill, largely supported by major media companies, was aimed at reducing copyright infringement cases, but in its former legislation, allowed for lobbying and misuse of the power it created. According to the bill, any organization which believes that its content has been infringed upon can request for the domain to be removed. Although the idea seems as a step in the right direction for copyright owners, criminology experts heavily oppose the fact that SOPA allows for this without giving accused websites due process of law. Given this opposition, many prominent websites have shifted their businesses away from GoDaddy.
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