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The Day the Internet Stood Still

(The Hosting News) – On January 19, thousands of protestors celebrated the tentative victory over SOPA helping to ease the concerns that, if SOPA passed, thousands of innocent and legitimate websites could be taken down, with no recourse, no chance for appeal and with a “guilty until proven innocent” mentality due to any foolhardy accusation of a copyright violation. Marketing expert, Charles Gaudet, believes this was a much needed lesson for entrepreneurs that rely too heavily on the Internet for their livelihood.

“Countless entrepreneurs feared that if the SOPA legislation passed, they’d be out of business,” says Gaudet. “What people don’t realize is that the Internet, by itself, for most people, isn’t a business – it’s simply a source for distributing information. It’s a media. And, anytime you rely on only one media (such as the Internet) as your sole source of generating income, you’re opening yourself and your business to becoming vulnerable.”

Gaudet says that a common threat among small business owners is the dependency on one or two sources of income rather than taking advantage of additional sources either because of a lack of strategic thinking or from getting too comfortable with their current cash-flow. But it’s threats like SOPA and other economic, societal, political, environmental and personal changes that can also effect a business’s cash flow.

Some additional sources of income Gaudet suggests entrepreneurs may want to incorporate inside of their business include (but are not limited to):

• Testing various lead generating marketing systems,
• Having a system for stimulating word-of-mouth referrals,
• Using Direct mail,
• Advertising through multiple sources (not just one),
• Marketing to past customers who stopped doing business with you (but who would easily buy from you again if given the chance),
• Leveraging partnerships and joint venture relationships,
• Using special promotions / events,
• Offering incentives for increasing purchase frequency and size

“When things are going well, it’s easy for entrepreneurs to slip into the trap of being comfortable instead of thinking strategically,” Gaudet says, “and events like SOPA should remind entrepreneurs that depend on the internet for income that they need to begin looking at how many other ways they can grow their business without the dependency on one media or one source of income.”

For more information on how to improve the relationship with your clients and position your company as a leader in the market, please visit http://www.PredictableProfits.com

ABOUT CHARLES GAUDET: Gaudet is widely regarded as a marketing expert for consistently delivering windfalls of profits to his clients by unveiling opportunities that have been previously under-utilized or have gone unnoticed. Gaudet has traveled much of the world studying from business, political and social leaders studying entrepreneurial, marketing and business excellence. He is the founder of PredictableProfits.com and the author of the widely popular blog at http://www.PredictableProfits.com/blog.

ABOUT PREDICTABLE PROFITS: Predictable Profits is a leading small business marketing company and a division of Managed Marketing, LLC. The company specializes in finding overlooked marketing opportunities commonly found in most small-to-medium sized businesses and creating actionable marketing strategies for increasing a company’s profits. You can read more about Predictable Profits by visiting the company’s website athttp://www.PredictableProfits.com.

SOPA Serves as Wake Up Call to Entrepreneurs

(The Hosting News) – Congressman Steve Rothman (NJ-9) released the following statement on H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA):

I am a strong advocate for a free and open Internet, where citizens retain freedom of choice while viewing legal and safe content online. Although the authors of the recently introduced Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) aim to control piracy online, I am opposed to SOPA because the legislation would enforce Internet censorship, in direct violation of the First Amendment.

SOPA would allow the government to be able to force search engines, social networking sites, and internet service providers to block access to certain websites. It would also make the unauthorized web streaming of copyrighted content a felony, with a possible penalty of up to five years in prison.

While the intent of SOPA may be well-meaning, the provisions will stifle technological innovation, hinder startup companies from being competitive, and infringe on our constitutionally protected rights.

I oppose SOPA because it would unnecessarily restrict our nation’s free and open Internet.

Congressman Rothman Opposes SOPA

(The Hosting News) – Look around the Internet today and you’ll notice something big. Some of the web’s top sites are blacked out in protest of controversial anti-piracy legislation including the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).

Such sites include the likes of Wikipedia, WordPress.org, WordPress.com, and social site Reddit. However, one of the most visible changes that people will probably notice online includes the Google search Doodle which is blacked out in protest of the legislation as well.

If you’re not too familiar with the legislation, you may be wondering about the difference between SOPA and PIPA, two common abbreviations you’ll hear about today. Are the two bills the same thing? Are they different? To set things straight, they’re in fact pretty similar. The only difference is that they’re just making their ways through the two different bodies of the U.S. Congress. SOPA is the U.S. House’s version of the bill while PIPA is the U.S. Senate’s version.

Online tech innovators have long opposed bills including SOPA and PIPA, fearing that they would harm free speech on the web. In fact, the legislation has included provisions that would remove what the bills’ critics view as due process.

SOPA Takes a Hit

Initially, the Stop Online Piracy Act would have afforded the U.S. Justice Department the power to require that ISPs block customer access to domains accused of containing pirated content. The sites accused of infringement would have no chance to respond to accusations of such infringement.

That provision is looking less likely to be included as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) agreed to remove DNS blocking from the bill’s house version (SOPA) on Friday.

Despite that, DNS blocking currently remains alive and well in the U.S. Senate’s version of the bill (PIPA). However, PIPA top sponsor Senator Patrick Leahy (who introduced the bill) agreed on Thursday that the issue warranted further study preceding implementation of the actual blocking by law enforcement. A provision requiring further study is expected to be included in a Manager’s Amendment likely to be considered before the U.S. Senate votes on the bill (as expected next Tuesday).

The idea of warranting further study on DNS blocking is highly unlikely to please critics who would prefer that the idea be stripped from the legislation in its entirety.

And the Rest..

Meanwhile, other provisions of both SOPA and PIPA would require that companies doing financial business with sites accused of copyright violations immediately cease such activity. In effect, the accused sites could take a large financial hit before they’ve been able to properly defend against their actions.

Critics also worry that other provisions of the bill would enable website black listings on some of the Internet’s top search engines.

User Generated Content

One of critics’ top fears is that the bills would give U.S. authorities the power to hold websites too accountable for user generated content.

For example, let’s say it’s a site that allows its users to post streaming videos (something similar to YouTube) and one user out of possibly thousands uploads a pirated file, thus violating someone’s copyright. Authorities would then have the ability to hold the entire website just as accountable as the single user for the pirated content. After all, how feasible is it that tech innovators police the actions of possibly thousands upon thousands of users?

The effect could then be described as an unfair burden placed upon tech providers. Could entire websites receive blacklisting based upon the actions of a single user?

With that point in mind, it’s easy to understand why the web hosting community in particular is so opposed to the legislation as hosting providers could be required to meet the same standard (being held liable for the actions of a few customers).

While it’s easy to notice some of the Internet’s largest presences taking part in today’s blackout, here’s a look at some of the web hosting industry’s entities that are also participating in the protest against SOPA and PIPA:

Codero – Web hosting provider Codero, a company offering dedicated and cloud hosting services is featuring a blacked out screen upon initially visiting their site. It reads, “This is what the web could look like under the Stop Online Piracy Act”. You can view that here: http://www.codero.com/

Rackspace Hosting – The homepage of web hosting provider Rackspace currently features an image with SOPA crossed out. Rackspace provides hosting solutions including managed and cloud.

Mozilla – Mozilla, the company behind popular Internet web browser Firefox has blacked out its homepage in opposition to the bills. The site reads, “Today Mozilla joins with other sites in a virtual strike to protest two proposed laws in the United States, called SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act. On January 24th, the U.S. Senate will vote on the PROTECT IP Act to censor the Internet, despite opposition from the vast majority of Americans.”

Namecheap – Web hosting provider Namecheap has blacked out the front page of their website in opposition to the bills. Namecheap’s homepage reads, “We have blacked out our site in protest of SOPA and PIPA bills, currently being consider in the US House and Senate. If either one passes, the internet as we know it could be destroyed forever.” Namecheap provides domains, email, web hosting, and SSL.

Zopim – Zopim, a provider of livechat software has posted a message regarding the bills on its homepage. Zopim states, “To do our part in raising awareness, and to mark the dark period that could engulf the Internet should the bill pass, we have decided to replace our default (orange) chat bubble with a black bubble for one day. (ending at 18 Jan 11.59PM PST).”

cPanel – Popular web hosting control panel provider cPanel is donating $2.50 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation for each time one of the company’s web hosting providers tweets “#cpanel4antisopa”. That’s in addition to five thousand dollars that the company has already contributed. Further information on that can be found here: http://www.cpanel.net/2012/01/anti-sopa.html

site5 – Web hosting provider Site5 features a blacked out page upon initially visiting their website, explaining their opposition to the bills. Also listed is a link to the Save Hosting Coalition, an organization of web hosting providers opposed to the legislation.

Down Against SOPA – Need a WordPress plugin to show your opposition to the controversial legislation? That can be found here: http://downagainstsopa.com/

mitchkeeler.com – “If Congress passes SOPA, the Internet will be permanently censored,” states mitchkeeler.com. Mitch Keeler provides popular web casts discussing issues in the hosting community.

OpenDNS – DNS resolution provider OpenDNS is voicing its opposition to PIPA/SOPA by blacking out search results through its service. That can be viewed here: http://guide.opendns.com/main?q=SOPA

DiscountASP.NET – Asp.net hosting provider DiscountASP.NET has posted a message on its site protesting the bills. Part of it reads, “DiscountASP.NET opposes SOPA and PIPA. We join Wikipedia, Craigslist, reddit, Tucows, Boing-Boing, The Cheezeburger Network and many other sites and Internet freedom coalitions in this day of protest.”

Who’s Behind SOPA/PIPA?

So with such widespread opposition to the bills, you may be wondering, “who are SOPA/PIPA’s supporters?” Backing mostly comes from those in the film and music industries. Such supporters include Sony Music Entertainment, News Corporation, Viacom, ABC, CBS, Sony Music and a whole lot more.

While everyone can agree that pirated content has a negative effect on everyone, do bills such as SOPA and PIPA go too far in suppressing free speech, a right we hold so dear?

SOPA/PIPA Blackout Hits the Web

(The Hosting News) – Namecheap, a leading international domain name registrar and web host, will be blacking out its front page on January 18th in protest of pending SOPA and PIPA legislation along with many other websites, including Cheezburger, reddit, Wikpedia and other popular online communities.

Earlier, Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall said, “While we at Namecheap firmly believe in intellectual property rights, SOPA is like detonating a nuclear bomb on the internet when only a surgical strike is necessary. This legislation has the potential to harm the way everyone uses the Internet and to undermine the system itself. At Namecheap, we believe having a free and open Internet is the only option that will continue the legacy of innovation and openness that stands for everything we all value in our modern society.”

To rally opposition against SOPA and PIPA legislation, Namecheap held a Move Your Domain Day initiative on December 29, 2011, and raised over $64,000 for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Social news site reddit.com will be turning its website black on January 18th from 8am to 8pm EST. During the same period, Namecheap’s homepage will be blacked out. Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia announced that the popular online resource would be blacked out on January 18th, and Ben Huh, founder and CEO of Cheezburger, has also committed to blacking out its websites on the same date.

“Cheezburger opposes SOPA and PIPA because we believe these bills will kill jobs and innovation,” said Huh. “The technology industry has been one of the few bright spots of job growth in these trying times. These bills will only generate legal bills, force the government and sites to monitor and track users, and kill jobs. Congress needs to stop bowing to lobbyists and start on a new bill that will stop counterfeiters and pirates without harming the future of the Internet and our economy.”

While account management will still be accessible on Namecheap through an additional click, its homepage will be completely black with a message urging individuals to contact their senators and representatives to shelve SOPA and PIPA indefinitely.

Namecheap strongly encourages its US-based customers to contact their Representative or Senator, and its International customers to donate to organizations like the EFF, to ensure that broad opposition to this proposed legislation rings loud and clear. Along with other companies listed on SOPAstrike.com, Namecheap also encourages everyone to spread the message on January 18th using Facebook and Twitter hashtag #SOPAstrike.

“We remain confident that our customers can continue to help us fight against SOPA, PROTECT-IP, and other overbroad and ill-considered legislation,” Kirkendall said.

About Namecheap

Namecheap is a Los Angeles-based ICANN accredited domain registrar founded in 2000 by CEO Richard Kirkendall. With over 500,000 clients and millions of domain names under management, Namecheap is one of the top domain registrars in the world and also offers web hosting services. Find out more by visiting us at http://www.namecheap.com.

Namecheap Joins in SOPA/PIPA Blackout

(The Hosting News) – If you try visiting Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia or social site Reddit tomorrow and notice things aren’t working, it’s not a technical glitch. The popular online sites are staging a blackout in protest of controversial anti-piracy legislation including the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).

Critics of the proposed legislation argue that the bills would harm innovation on the Internet by limiting free speech. Opponents also believe that the bills would place an unfair burden on tech innovators (including hosting providers) to regulate user-generated content.

Discussing his company’s plans for Wednesday, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales stated, “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation.”

“This is an extraordinary action for our community to take – and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world,” Wales continued.

Wikipedia is using the moment to stage a call to action to those paying attention. The popular provider of the online encyclopedia wants people to contact their Congressional representatives to have their “voices heard” on the issue. For more on Wikipedia’s stance, go here (wikimediafoundation.org). The blackout will specifically affect Wikipedia’s English version.

Social site Reddit also recently detailed its similar plan.

“We’ve seen some amazing activism organized by redditors at /r/sopa and across the reddit community at large. You have made a difference in this fight; and as we near the next stage, and after much thought, talking with experts, and hearing the overwhelming voices from the reddit community, we have decided that we will be blacking out reddit on January 18th from 8am–8pm EST (1300–0100 UTC),” said the Reddit team.

The social site’s statement was accompanied by a Reddit-themed cartoon version of William Wallace, the historic Scottish knight popularized in the 1995 film Braveheart. You can view the statement here (blog.reddit.com).

Since being introduced in Congress, SOPA and PIPA have proven highly unpopular among activists within the Internet community. Those opposed include a wide range of web hosting companies and tech giants including Google, Twitter, Yahoo!, and Facebook.

Despite widespread opposition in the tech community, the legislation has powerful backing mostly coming from those in the film and television industry. Companies including Time Warner, ABC, CBS, Sony Music Entertainment, News Corporation and Viacom are just some of the many supporters.

However, tech opposition to both PIPA and SOPA could be taking its toll on the bills. On Friday, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) agreed to drop one of SOPA’s most controversial provisions known as DNS Blocking. Such a measure would have afforded the U.S. Justice the Department the right to require that ISPs block access to sites accused of copyright infringement.

And on Saturday, the White House chimed in on the bills, expressing concerns similar to those held by SOPA/PIPA opponents in the tech community.

The U.S. House of Representatives reconvened today following its winter recess while U.S. Senate is still set be resume session. Official Congressional debate on the bills could continue soon.

Lights Out Set to Hit Wikipedia & Reddit in SOPA/PIPA Protest

(The Hosting News) – Debate on controversial online anti-piracy legislation has escalated within the past few dates with the White House clarifying its views on the issue Saturday.

The White House issued a joint statement from U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra, Presidential Assistant Howard Schmidt, and the Office of Management and Budget’s Victoria Espinel in response to petitions launched against the legislative measures.

Proposed legislation including SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and the Protect IP ACT (PIPA) have been highly unpopular within the Internet community with critics arguing that the bills, if passed, could harm free speech and innovation on the web (The legislation is known as the Protect IP Act in the U.S. Senate and as the Stop Online Piracy Act in the U.S. House).

“While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet,” the White House stated regarding the controversial issue.

Specific concerns as listed by the White House included online censorship along with issues that could hurt cyber security and the Internet’s architecture.

The White House has vowed to work with the U.S. Congress to pass something that it sees as appropriately addressing the issue without have such negative effects. To view the White House’s statement, go here (whitehouse.gov).

Meanwhile, SOPA opponents scored a victory recently after a key U.S. Representative agreed that one of the bill’s most controversial measures should be removed on Friday.

The bill would have initially afforded the U.S. Justice Department the ability to require Internet Service Providers to block access to sites accused of infringement. However, it appears that provision will no longer be included.

Discussing the issue, U.S. Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas), head of the House Judiciary committee stated, “After consultation with industry groups across the country, I feel we should remove Domain Name System blocking from the Stop Online Piracy Act so that the Committee can further examine the issues surrounding this provision.”

“We will continue to look for ways to ensure that foreign websites cannot sell and distribute illegal content to U.S. consumers,” Smith continued in a statement.

While widespread opposition to both PIPA and SOPA seems to be having an effect, the bill still has its fair share of supporters, mostly including music and film executives in Hollywood. Just some of SOPA’s supporters include CBS, the Directors Guild of America, Major League Baseball, Random House, Sony Music Entertainment, Time Warner, Viacom and News Corp.

On Saturday, media mogul and News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch lashed out against both the White House and Google via his Twitter account concerning the issue (New Corp. is the powerful company owning popular media outlets including 20^th Century Fox, the Fox Broadcasting Company and Fox News).

“So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery,” stated Murdoch.

Murdoch continued, “Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them. No wonder pouring millions into lobbying.” To try to prove his point, Murdoch said he searched for the movie Mission Impossible through the popular search giant and found “several sites offering free links.”

Despite calling the legislation “job saving,” U.S Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) agreed that there were legitimate concerns while discussing the legislation on Sunday’s Meet the Press with David Gregory (NBC). “We–this bill was reported out of the committee in May unanimously, Democrats and Republicans, and in recent weeks organizations like Google and Facebook and others have said, “Well, there are some problems this could create,” and I think they’re right, I think it could create some problems,” Reid said according to a transcript from the show. Reid said he would work with his fellow senators with the goal of creating a “manager’s amendment” to address concerns.

Official Congressional debate on the proposed legislation is expected to continue this month.

White House Talks SOPA, Support for Key Provision Dropped

(The Hosting News) – S. Rosendahl, CEO of Austin, Texas based web hosting firm, GreenHostIt, has formally announced that GreenHostIt has taken a position in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), H.R. 3261.

GreenHostIt CEO stated, “GreenHostIt is in the right place at the right time to help Internet entrepreneurs with the right web-based tools to be successful, while at the same time offering a corporate culture based on principles of environmental protection and entrepreneurial liberty.”

GreenHostIt is leading the way among web hosts in anti-SOPA activism. The bill, dubbed “the Internet killer” is poised to radically transform the way the Internet operates within the laws of the U.S. While HR 3261 aims to promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation by combating the theft the U.S. property, many businesses—GreenHostIt included, feel that the bill is too intrusive and has the potential to cripple legitimate businesses in the name of stopping piracy.

“The Internet is a vast frontier within which the entrepreneurial spirit burns brightly and SOPA, if passed, will infringe on business owners’ rights and diminish that spirit,” commented Rosendahl. “I really dread getting the court orders that will probably come to us if this proposal passes.”

GreenHostIt contends that the legislation equates to censorship or “blacking out” of entire websites by federal judges, with no way for business owners to contest the ruling. The company notes that the current draft does exempt websites that end in .com, .org, and .net, but suggests that many locally-used websites that end in .edu, .tv, or .biz are not protected and could easily be shut down under SOPA.

Opponents to SOPA contend that popular sites such as Etsy, Flickr and Vimeo could all be shut down under this intrusive law. Perhaps more frightening, opponents argue, is the lack of transparency over the process. This is the conclusion of several law professors who have written an article titled “Don’t Break the Internet” on SOPA in the Stanford Law Review, as well as noted free speech scholar Lawrence Tribe of Harvard Law School. GreenHostIt shares these concerns.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), H.R. 3261, will be voted upon early this year when Congress resumes from recess. GreenHostIt is one of many businesses taking a public stand against the bill authored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) who sits on the House Judiciary committee, which is responsible for drafting copyright laws. Smith had initially promised to hold a final vote on his bill as soon as possible in December, but the vote was derailed and postponed until early 2012.

“People who operate websites that will be ordered shut down by uncontested applications will be very frustrated and angry, and for good reason,” Rosendahl asserted.

GreenHostIt is changing the Internet one responsible website hosting client at a time with its green hosting plans. To read more about SOPA, visit the GreenHostIt blog.

For more information or to get involved, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) a vocal advocate against H.R. 3261, has release an open letter from 83 prominent Internet engineers against SOPA. The EFF has also put together an online toolkit to help opponents become more effective activists.

About GreenHostIt

GreenHostIt is an Austin, Texas based web hosting company that is leading the way in green, environmentally friendly web hosting services. We offset all electricity usage with 100% Texas wind energy. With over a decade in the industry, we are a forward thinking company that strives to give back to the community and make the world a greener place. Let GreenHostIt.com help reduce your carbon footprint. More information can be found at http://www.greenhostit.com/.

GreenHostIt.com Denounces SOPA

(The Hosting News) – Legislation currently making its way through the U.S. Congress has caused considerable controversy regarding free speech rights on the internet.

Bills intended to cut down on anti-piracy such as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) have been strongly opposed by those in the Internet community. And some of the strongest opposition has come from web hosting companies.

On Tuesday, popular web hosting control panel provider cPanel discussed why it’s opposed to the bills, signaling that it believes the legislation would have a devastating effect on the hosting industry.

“First, these bills will legally destroy the Internet’s basic organizational structures by attacking the domain name system, service providers, financial providers, and hosting providers by inhibiting their ability to generate revenue and access to advertising,” cPanel stated.

Continuing, cPanel said, “Armed with only a mere accusation of infringement, under the current vague language of these bills a U.S. Attorney can obtain a court order requiring web hosting providers, Internet service providers, financial transaction providers, advertising services, and search engine sites to block access to accused websites.”

And the negative effects don’t end there, according to the company. Other potential consequences include discouraging potential online startups, Internet free speech restrictions, going against current “safe harbor” safeguards, and more.

In addition to discussing its opposition, cPanel has gone into action, donating five thousand dollars to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an influential online rights organization.

Meanwhile, the Save Hosting Coalition, an organization representing a variety of web hosting providers against the bill has been steadfast in its opposition. Last month, the group announced that it had received 300 industry executive signatures for a letter sent to U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s chairman and ranking member.

Consideration on the legislation from Congress is expected to continue when lawmakers return from their current winter recess. To view cPanel’s press release on the matter, visit: http://www.cpanel.net/2012/01/anti-sopa.html

cPanel Talks Anti-SOPA Stance, Announces Donation

(The Hosting News) – Top web host and registrar Go Daddy has come under heat for its changing of positions on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Yesterday was dubbed “Dump Go Daddy Day” by SOPA opponents who sought to punish the web registrar for what they’ve interpreted as an inconsistent stance on the legislation by the company.

During the course of the day, website owners were encouraged to transfer their domains away from Go Daddy.

The web host initially supported SOPA but backed off its support last week.

Clarifying his company’s stance in a statement yesterday, Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman stated, “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.”

With many web users disenchanted with Go Daddy, the company is hoping to fix things.

“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,” Adelman went on to say.

The idea to transfer domains away from the company appeared to originate on social site Reddit.com. Meanwhile, some Go Daddy competitors seized the moment to gain against the top web host.

Today, web host Namecheap.com reported that it had received over 27 thousand domain transfers on Thursday. The company had previously committed to donate two dollar for every transfer the web host received during the course of yesterday to Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights organization.

Opponents of SOPA have argued that the bill would harm innovation on the web and limit free speech by placing unfair restrictions and burdens on both internet providers and tech startups.

The law would allow the U.S. Justice Department to force internet providers to cut access to sites accused of providing infringing material upon seeking a court order.

Debate on SOPA is expected to continue when the U.S. House of Representatives returns from its current recess.

After Domain Transfers, Go Daddy Hopes to Fix Things