Why we’re different now
When I announced the return of The Peg Leg Update last night, I said I would explain a bit more about our recent move away from a certain less-than-awesome domain registrar. Here is that explanation.
About a month ago, when rabble concerning the proposed Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) started to populate web sites and news providers’ content, GoDaddy.com’s corporate leadership voiced their support for the controversial legislation. A short while later, after sites registered through Go Daddy began protesting and moving their domains, those controllers of Go Daddy changed their position. They now oppose the legislation, however, the company remains lame:
In changing its position, Go Daddy remains steadfast in its promise to support security and stability of the Internet. In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support.
“Go Daddy has always fought to preserve the intellectual property rights of third parties, and will continue to do so in the future,” [Go Daddy General Counsel Christine] Jones said.
They self-censored their mistake from earlier and vowed to continue “preserv[ing] the intellectual property rights of third parties,” something of which I am not too fond.
I do not believe intellectual property is legitimate property, and while this may be a secondary concern in regards to SOPA, PIPA and any other presently proposed legislation, it certainly does not bode well for my opinion of Go Daddy.
These facts, along with the company’s history of commercials promoting domain registration with womenmeat and a registration coming due, helped make my decision to transfer ThePegLeg.com away from Go Daddy.
This site is now registered through Hover, and hosting takes place through Laughing Squid, an arts- and culture-supporting company (and entertaining blog) with a solid tech record.
I wish to promote no political position or advocate no particular course of action concerning this or any other legislation. If you care to spend your time influencing political processes, so be it. ThePegLeg.com concerns itself with providing you with original material, interesting links and a look at the burgeoning subculture of the Upper Midwest.
In response to the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislation, a large number of websites will perform a “blackout” this Wednesday, Jan. 18. For more info on the legislation itself, see this discussion.
- ed.