Semi-OT: Go Daddy and SOPA

[Colin McGregor]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Daniel Wayne Armstrong
<daniel-HRJVlgn2G/y5aS82P/H3Zg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Digimer <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I'd still argue strongly to move your domains to a business that wasn't
>> a jerk from the start. Godaddy buckled, but they still have the same
>> thinking and management that allowed them to support SOPA/PIPA in the
>> first place.
>
> I considered several alternatives and finally selected Gandi.net as my
> new domain registrar.

I looked at the gandi.net website and see their head office is outside
the USA (Paris, France), which given the current situation I see as a
positive. On the negative, I see they have a US office, which again
given the current situation I see as a negative. Any other thoughts as
to a registrar that ... doesn't have possible US entanglements...

Colin McGregor

PS: As I type this on gmail I see a small ad on the right hand side
for Go Daddy, which given the circumstances is sort-of funny...

> There were cheaper alternatives but Gandi comes highly recommended and
> the fact they serve as the registrar for the Electronic Frontier
> Foundation was a deciding factor for me (I trust the EFF to do their
> homework and choose reputable vendors). To both Godaddy and Gandi's
> credit the transfer of my domain was smooth and swift.
>
> Until January 15th 2012 Gandi has pledged to contribute $1 per inbound
> transfer to the EFF:
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/moveyourdomain-protest-internet-blacklist-bills
>
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