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| Permalink View Article Stats (2 comments) Promoted to Headline (H4) on 1/5/12: The Revolting Bob Parsons and His Toxic Internet Empire, by AlterNet's Lynn Parramour Quicklink submitted by GLloyd Rowsey (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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In late December, domain registrar Go Daddy spat on the notion of the open society by announcing support for the evil Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Technology firms and human rights activists quickly cried foul, revealing that the 'copyright-enforcing' bill, with its overly broad definitions, was less about stopping piracy and more about restricting the flow of information to citizens. The firm caved to public pressure and withdrew support for for the bill, which the US House Judiciary Committee will be voting on soon. The furor caused many Web sites (including AlterNet) to decide to pull their registrations from Go Daddy. And it shined a light on the notorious Go Daddy founder, cheekily and rather fondly profiled just days ago in the New York Times Magazine. |
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Parsons is just another software-manipulating,
by GLloyd Rowsey on Thursday, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:48:37 PM
Former user of MoneyCounts software.
by Peter Watt on Friday, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:10:29 PM