Today was a big day for the fight against SOPA and PIPA, both Wikipedia and Google changed their sites in protest. While Google just changed their logo Wikipedia blacked out their entire English site. On top of these protests today three congressmen have dropped their support, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) all dropped their support for their respective bills. Many of the initial supporters of the bill have also dropped their support. One of the biggest being Go Daddy, the popular domain hosting site with the awesome super bowl commercials. Go Daddy reported losing over 70,000 domains that they hosted in a single week because of a campaign one of their competitors launched that would offer a discount to anyone switching from a Go Daddy domain.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/sopa-blackout-sopa-and-pipa-lose-three-co-sponsors-in-congress.html
http://www.techi.com/2011/12/godaddy-lost-72354-domains-this-week-its-not-enough/
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