There has been much talk about the 2 internet privacy bills, SOPA and PIPA, that are up to be passed and made laws. There 2 bills will forever change the internet and not for the good as many officials would like for you to think.

There is plenty of knowledge out there about it and many ways to fight it. I’ve listed some petition sites below where you can FIGHT SOPA.

In a recent statement, GoDaddy commented on their views about the SOPA act after this huge move by opposers of the SOPA act:

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. 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.

Despite a massive Twitter campaign and a blog post that claims “Go Daddy no longer supports SOPA legislation” the company and their CEO have dodged questions about opposing the bill. In essence, they are taking a lesser role by not showing support for the bill. They have not opposed it.

This week, they lost around 72,000 domain registrations. At a yearly discounted rate of $6.99 (most registrations are higher), that’s over half a million dollars per year. It is apparently not enough for them to speak out against the bill.

How many domains is the company willing to lose before they oppose this abomination of legislation? Do they believe that when they “step back and let others take leadership roles” that we are going to see it as something other than a “duck and cover” public relations move to try to get out of the spotlight and hope someone else takes the brunt of the attacks while they quietly support the bill?

Is 72,354 domains enough? Not even close. It’s a drop in the bucket. They have anywhere from 15,000 to 40,000 domains added daily. Despite cries from the internet, yesterday was a good day with over 32,000 added. Go Daddy has not felt much pain yet. The “PR nightmare” that many of us in the tech industry perceive is happening to them hasn’t hit their pocketbooks in any real form, yet.

Until the effect is more pronounced, they can afford to deflect questions and let the negative PR pass. More must be done.

What Really Gets Me About This SOPA Act

The internet is not some business that needs to be bailed out. It’s an world wide networking system not owned by anyone or any entity. For the government to come in and say they need to control it is completely out of line.

They then add the piracy part in there to justify it saying online piracy is getting out of control and something needs to be done. What’s not being said about SOPA is how it will block access to certain sites that practice freedom of speech. All my sites practice this, so one day, will my sites be blocked from public view?

I’m opposed to SOPA and PIPA  because it goes against everything the internet was built on. Freedom.

They’re already watching our every move on cameras, making us strip down at airports, throwing us in jail for speaking out and labeling good standing Americans as terrorists. Now they want to control the internet. Don’t you think they control enough?

What do you think? I suggest you make the switch too so we can make this internet giant realize that WE THE PEOPLE possess the power to bring about change.

Shout out to VizFact News for telling me about this breaking news.