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So... what does Go Daddy have to gain from SOPA? Is there really that much money to be made in facilitating this ham fisted ban hammer?
by ryandvm 15y ago
So... what does Go Daddy have to gain from SOPA? Is there really that much money to be made in facilitating this ham fisted ban hammer?
- subway 15y agoThey could always expect SOPA to increase domain sales. After all, many of these "rogue" sites use what could be considered disposable domain names, so odds when a domain is seized, it will soon be replaced by a newly purchased domain.
- kijin 15y agoI can almost imagine a couple of new add-ons that are selected by default at checkout: "We'll forward all copyright complaints to you within 24 hours so that you can take action before your domain gets blocked forever! This is absolutely necessary if you want to host user-created content! Only $12.95 per month!" "We can expedite the appeals process if your domain ever gets blocked! We have backroom deals with the RIAA/MPAA! Only $249.95 per domain per incident!"
- mehwoot 15y agoThis is what a lot of people are ignoring. If the CEO really believed that one infringing site could bring down an entire business, like people are claiming, then surely he wouldn't support the act. This is a very big show of faith in the act as it is written by someone with a lot to lose. Or, I dunno, conspiracy theory about selling more domains. Occam's razor?
- dchest 15y agoI remember that some seized domains were transferred to GoDaddy by the law enforcement agency. Maybe they have (or intend to have) a deal with them? For example, when the domain is taken down, it's transferred to GoDaddy, they setup nameservers and show something like this: http://torrentfreak.com/images/seizedservers.gif http://torrentfreak.com/images/seizedservers.gif
- orblivion 15y agoOne theory: Regulatory capture? They can afford to shut down thousands of pharmaceutical sites, but can their competitors?