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Go Daddy and the SOPA

December 24th 2011 Posted at Domains, Websites
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The famous domain name registration company, Go Daddy, had made a lot of people angry because of their support of the SOPA.

According to Wikipedia, SOPA is

“The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 initial co-sponsors.”

Because of this, about 21,054 domains moved out of Domaincontrol.com, which is managed by Go Daddy. Then in a not-so-surprising turn of events, Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman announced in a statement that they will only support the controversial legislation if and when the “Internet community supports it”.

A lot of people got furious with the online company after an anti-Go Daddy thread on the social site caled Reddit became very popular. Because of that, Godaddyboycott.org was born. It is a site that was set up to let people know of happenings regarding this issue and also show their disapproval with Go Daddy’s support of the SOPA.

Anyway, on the same day, it was also reported by Dailychanges.com that 20,034 transferred to Go Daddy in the same day. If you ask me what this means, then my answer would be, “I don’t know.”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Has an Israeli Doppelganger

December 17th 2011 Posted at Websites
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Owner of “Like Store” changes his name.

Sometimes, it is difficult when you are so rich and famous. Now, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has an Israeli doppelganger–Mark Zuckerberg.

Entrepreneur Rotem Guez of Israel has announced that he has “legally changed his name” to Mark Zuckerberg. And no, that is not a publicity stunt. Guez did this as part of a scheme to get the social networking giant, Facebook, to stop its threats of taking legal action against him. He is sort of telling the FB that if they are going to sue him, they are suing Mark Zuckerberg.

Guez is the owner of an online business called the Like Store. His services promises to improve the online reputation and presence of companies by limiting the information revealed through their Facebook pages. The content could only be accessed if the FB users clicked on the “Like” button–a popular feature of Facebook.

Lawyers for Facebook had contacted Guez, saying that his operations are illegal and against the terms of service of FB. Guez admits that his company is indeed violating Facebook terms but is insisting that other American companies are also offering the same.

Well, for sure, Facebook and Zuckerberg are not going to take this issue sitting down. This is going to be another high-profile case.

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