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Goodbye GoDaddy (our stance on SOPA)

Posted January 06, 2012 by Andrew Stott Share: Facebook Twitter

We're happy to announce that we have moved all of our domain registrations off of GoDaddy, primarily due to their support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Although GoDaddy has subsequently changed their position on SOPA, in our opinion this was too little, too late...

Like many other online companies and communities, we feel that SOPA is a significant threat to free speech on the Internet, and to the Internet itself. SOPA has the potential to result in censorship for users, and it is a direct threat towards Web hosting companies like us.

This quote from Namecheap's CEO sums it up perfectly:

While we at Namecheap firmly believe in intellectual rights, SOPA is like detonating a nuclear bomb on the internet when only a surgical strike is necessary. This legislation has the potential to harm the way everyone uses the Internet and to undermine the system itself. At Namecheap, we believe having a free and open Internet is the only option that will continue the legacy of innovation and openess that stands for everything we all value in our modern society.

If any of our clients would like to move their domain registrations from GoDaddy, or need any help with DNS and/or web hosting, we'd be happy to help!