Semi-OT: Go Daddy and SOPA

[Scott Elcomb]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> The next question, as a Canadian living in Canada but with a domain
> hosted via a USA based (non-Go Daddy) registrar, where do I move my
> .org so as to be as immune (as is possible) to the impact of SOPA?

I think that, of all the crap that is SOPA, this bothers me the most.
There's no sense of jurisdiction; where your content is hosted is
almost irrelevant.

It won't end well.


Some Canadian perspective:

"Geist: U.S. could claim millions of Canadian domain names in piracy battle"
<http://www.thestar.com/article/1085837--geist-u-s-could-claim-millions-of-canadian-domain-names-in-piracy-battle>

"The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and what it means for Canadians"
<http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/right-click/stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-means-canadians-203824882.html>

"SOPA, theft and the new Cold War"
<http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/sopa-theft-and-the-new-cold-war/>


"If SOPA Passes, Impact Will Devastate Reddit. How Many Others?" was
also an interesting read:
<http://technorati.com/technology/cloud-computing/article/if-sopa-passes-impact-will-devastate/>


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