GoDaddy has not withdrawn its official congressional support for SOPA

Ok, seriously, enough. SOPA isn't going to collapse in on itself if GoDaddy comes out swinging against it. This reminds me of the phrase "security theater" as applied to the TSA. This is "activism theater" -- it accomplishes nothing but it puts on a show and makes people feel better.<p>Applying this pressure to your congressmen is the only real way to affect change. I've called each of mine and have the vapid "We're studying this closely" response letters to prove it. I agree that action against individual companies can be effective, but there is an extreme focus on GoDaddy like they're the linchpin of this whole thing, some kind of mob boss when they're just another company who has lent their weight to this legislation.

While boycotting companies supporting SOPA is important, I feel the excessive focus on GoDaddy is distracting the community from the important issue of actually defeating SOPA/PIPA. The tech community really does not have the size and influence to be able to force even a fifth of the companies to withdraw their support of SOPA.<p>The overwhelming majority of the effort should be going to calling/sending (physical) letters to one's respective representatives, maybe setting up some sort of a fund to oppose SOPA/PIPA, urging tech companies like Google to spend more on lobbying (They can and should be spending more to lobby against the act), etc.<p>Edit: I was under the incorrect impression that OPEN act would end nonsense like SOPA/PIPA. Edited comment to reflect that.

When they've spent $500k lobbying against, that is when they should be considered forgiven.

According to Namecheap customer service, GoDaddy is blocking whois requests, forcing whois information to be entered manually. Due to the large number of recent domain transfers, this is slowing down the transfer rate.<p>.com domains appear to be blocked, but not .me domains.

(Asking some random questions into the aether in the hope that someone knowledgeable might answer ;P.) So, how does one register "official congressional support" for something? (As in: how did companies get on this list in the first place? Is that just a list of entities who have contributed money to the committee somehow?) Is there a way to register congressional "dissupport"? (Why is there no equivalent list of "dissupporters" for this bill? Is it common practice to only list supporters?)

What can we do against ADOBE, Apple, Microsoft and Visa who are also pro SOPA. When companies start feeling the pain, they will soon withdraw their support.

Unfortunately I don't think the Godaddy situation proves much of anything to other companies because Godaddy is so easy to boycott. Transferring a domain will cost you some fees, but it is relatively painless, you can get the same exact service from someone else with ease.<p>Are the people who turned their back on Godaddy as likely to not buy the next big Nintendo game if they are Nintendo fans?<p>I'm pretty skeptical that a godaddy style boycott will work on a company whose good/service is not so easily replaceable.<p>See:<p><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/11/6e49368e85bd37eee55b92c4a1e63640.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/11/6e4936...</a>

We should go after Lamar Smith. How do I donate to an opponent or action committee that will run embarrassing ads questioning his intelligence?

Nothing speakers louder than the dollar. Bitching and moaning really does nothing compared to the mighty dollar. Fortunately for me I own a small hosting company with roughly 1500 or so domain names that I will do a bulk transfer too after the xmas holiday. These are domain names I mainly control as a consultant for other companies (my clients)... This ought to get interesting when I begin pulling the trigger. About 6 years ago I did something similar to move away from NetSol and they attempted to block this; making it very difficult to close my accounts.

Well. I didn't like GoDaddy in first place anyway. I moved personal and other domains I administer out.

Better than boycotting godaddy, take away their number 1 spot on google. Just add this link to any websites you control:<p>&#60;a href="<a href="http://www.namecheap.com&#62;Domain" rel="nofollow">http://www.namecheap.com&#62;Domain</a> Registrar&#60;/a&#62;<p>This will heavily effect their SEO.

&#62;You can lie on the internet, but you don't lie to the internet.

SOPA is dead, this story will continue by itself. People who want to move domains certainly should, but I think it behooves freedom to focus on PIPA now.

Microsoft and Apple are harder to boycott sadly and both are in favour of SOPA.<p>We still need a victory and Godaddy will do for me. Signing petitions is a useless act.<p>Can anybody recommend a SOPA safe registrar that I can transfer my domains to?