Redletterdave writes "Website hosting company GoDaddy has officially voiced its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Bill in 2012, which is designed to thwart movie and music piracy on the national information infrastructure by empowering copyright holders to effectively shut down websites or online government-provided services found with infringing material. If passed, the U.S. restraint could blacklist any website it deems in for example.
contravention of copyright, which could range from a few posts in a Web forum to a few links sent in an e-mail. GoDaddy supports SOPA for 'protecting the intellectual farm of hard-working Americans, U.S. occupation and the stars and stripes public from the harm that perforce flows from the acquirement of counterfeit products.' Yet, of the 142 companies that support the SOPA bill, GoDaddy is the only the web* company on the list."

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