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Wikipedia dumps GoDaddy, doesn't like the SOPA support

SOPA support from GoDaddy makes Wikipedia dump them
By: Anthony Garreffa | Business, Financial & Legal News | Posted: Dec 27, 2011 9:21 am

I've covered SOPA-related news for the past few days, as it is getting quite serious with GoDaddy being hit hard. It has just been announced that Jimmy Wales decision to find a new home for Wikipedia, away from the SOPA loving hands of GoDaddy.

 

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Wales is quite unhappy with GoDaddy's position on the Stop Online Privacy Act, by announcing the shift in the following tweet:

 

I am proud to announce that the Wikipedia domain names will move away from GoDaddy. Their position on #sopa is unacceptable to us.

 

He then updated, and posted another tweet the next day:

 

Wikia is also moving several hundred domains from godaddy. Which registrar has quality and price right?

 

SOPA is starting to snowball into a serious issue, it needs as much airtime as possible.

NEWS SOURCES:Gizmodo.com.au

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