Burned By Fleeing Customers, Godaddy No Longer Just Doesn’t Support But Actually “OPPOSES” SOPA

[beer]

Our favorite PR pinata GoDaddy just emailed a number of press, with a new statement from new CEO Warren Adelman.

From the email …

The statement is from our newly appointed CEO, who makes it clear, we don’t just ‘not support SOPA,’ Go Daddy OPPOSES SOPA.

“We have observed a spike in domain name transfers, which are running above normal rates and which we attribute to Go Daddy’s prior support for SOPA, which was reversed,” said Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman. “Go Daddy opposes SOPA because the legislation has not fulfilled its basic requirement to build a consensus among stake-holders in the technology and Internet communities. Our company regrets the loss of any of our customers, who remain our highest priority, and we hope to repair those relationships and win back their business over time.”

In the statement GoDaddy admits to seeing a spike in domain transfers due to its SOPA support. GoDaddy removed itself from the official list of SOPA supporting companies over the weekend after ambiguously saying it “didn’t support” SOPA the week prior.

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I have heard all it takes to turn a dirty man-whore into a holy preacher is a little money. And I have just witnessed it with my own eyes.

edit: title name correction.

[myidisbb]

again they support the ide of sopa. so screw them

[Maxhedroom]

I hope they get burned bad financially...they deserve it. Can't believe they couldn't realize that such a move would cost them dearly. Now they are tripping over their own feet whilst back-pedaling and flip-flopping...wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them if I were a p2p oriented site and I hope they feel the sting.

[LeetPirate]

After they shutdown nodaddy.com and killed those elephants I say no to Godaddy for life.

[Alanon]

Aw, shite. -.-

They should all go to internet hell.