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站长用脚投票,Godaay放弃支持SOPA


前些时候,在国外网站看到关于Godaay与SOPA法案的一些事情,很戏剧性,翻译整理了下给大家看看。

GoDaddy的最初 在其网站上发表了一份声明,表示明确支持美国议会的SOPA《网络反盗版法案》。

 

但GODADDY显然没有估计到后来形势的发展。许多大小站长们也集体反对SOPA。Google、维基百科、连线杂志、火狐,WordPress等公司纷纷反对《网络反盗版法案》(SOPA),并在他们的网站上以黑屏的方式进行抗议。

Godaddy的声明触犯了众怒,维基百科的JIMMY WALES说: "维基百科将远离GODADDY,因为他们在SOPA中采取的立场是我们不能接受的"。

 

在之后两天里,37000多个域名从Godaddy转出。站长们开始用户用脚投票。它的竞争对手也在此时落进下石,Namecheap宣布域名转入其公司,将会得到2美元的补贴。


这下Godaddy抗不住了,首席执行官沃伦,阿德尔曼承认客户在最近流失非常严重。并在新的声明里表示,Godaddy将不再支持SOPA法案。声明中说: "Godaddy不再支持SOPA,我们希望能修复这些客户关系,并随着时间的推移,赢回业务。"

 

我想,显然Godaay这次站错了队了,虽然后来进行危机公关,但损失非常大,特别是人心上。

PS:分析下SOPA,如果法案通过,那么如果有用户在你网站上转贴一个视频,音乐,或一篇文章而没有得到授权的话,你的网站将有可能会被美国司法部查封,并冻结网站的资金帐号。这个对国内在GODADDY上注册域名或建站的站长们的影响也是非常大的

 

附:Godaddy宣布放弃支持SOPA的声明原文

Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA
Looks to Internet Community & Fellow Tech Leaders to Develop Legislation We All Support

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Dec. 23, 2011) - Go Daddy is no longer supporting SOPA, the "Stop Online Piracy Act" currently working its way through US Congress.

"Fighting online piracy is of the utmost importance, which is why Go Daddy has been working to help craft revisions to this legislation - but we can clearly do better," Warren Adelman, Go Daddy's newly appointed CEO, said. "It's very important that all Internet stakeholders work together on this. Getting it right is worth the wait. Go Daddy will support it when and if the Internet community supports it."

Go Daddy and its General Counsel, Christine Jones, have worked with federal lawmakers for months to help craft revisions to legislation first introduced some three years ago. Jones has fought to express the concerns of the entire Internet community and to improve the bill by proposing changes to key defined terms, limitations on DNS filtering to ensure the integrity of the Internet, more significant consequences for frivolous claims, and specific provisions to protect free speech.

"As a company that is all about innovation, with our own technology and in support of our customers, Go Daddy is rooted in the idea of First Amendment Rights and believes 100 percent that the Internet is a key engine for our new economy," said Adelman.

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," Jones said.


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