I hate to bring in politics into the forums BUT this legislation can in theory shut down the MODX Forums!!
WHAT IS SOPA?
1. O'Reilly RADAR: Congress considers anti-piracy bills that could cripple Internet industries:
http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/sopa-protectip.html
2. John Bain, UK Law graduate, YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXNv8fJM
3. The DARK secrets that could stop SOPA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc
COMPANIES THAT SUPPORTS SOPA:
60 Plus Association: [email protected]
ABC: http://abc.go.com/site/contact-us
Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP): 703-539-ASOP (2767)
American Federation of Musicians (AFM): [email protected]
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA): (212) 532-0800
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP): [email protected]
Americans for Tax Reform: [email protected]
Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States: [email protected]
Association of American Publishers (AAP): [email protected]
Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies: [email protected]
Association of Talent Agents (ATA): [email protected]
Baker & Hostetler LLP: [email protected] or [email protected]
Beachbody, LLC: http://beachbody.custhelp.com/app/ask
BMI: [email protected]
BMG Chrysalis: [email protected]
Capitol Records Nashville: [email protected] and [email protected]
CBS: http://www.bctd.org/Contact-Us.aspx
Cengage Learning: (800) 354-9706
Christian Music Trade Association: 615-242-0303
Church Music Publishers' Association: (615) 791-0273
Coalition Against Online Video Piracy (CAOVP): (212) 485-3452
Comcast/NBCUniversal: [email protected]
Concerned Women for America (CWA): (202) 488-7000
Congressional Fire Services Institute: [email protected]
Copyhype: http://www.copyhype.com/contact/
Copyright Alliance: [email protected]
Coty, Inc.: http://www.coty.com/#/contact_us
Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB): (703) 276-0100
Council of State Governments: [email protected]
Country Music Association: [email protected]
Country Music Television: [email protected]
Covington & Burling LLP: http://www.cov.com/contactus/
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP: [email protected]
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.: [email protected]
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP: [email protected]
Directors Guild of America (DGA): (310) 289-2000 or (800) 421-4173
Disney Publishing Worldwide, Inc.: (212) 633-440
Elsevier: [email protected]
EMI Christian Music Group: (615) 371-4300
EMI Music Publishing: (212) 492-1200
ESPN: http://espn.go.com/espn/contact?lang=EN&country=united%20states
Estée Lauder Companies: (212) 572-4200
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP): [email protected]
Go Daddy: (480) 505-8800
Gospel Music Association: [email protected]
Graphic Artists Guild: [email protected]
Hachette Book Group: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/customer_contact-us.aspx
HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide: [email protected] or (212) 207-7000
Hyperion: http://www.hyperionbooks.com/contact-us/
Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA): http://www.ifta-online.org/contact
International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees: See Artists and Allied Crafts
International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC): [email protected]
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW): (202) 833-7000
International Brotherhood of Teamsters: http://www.teamster.org/content/contact-us
International Trademark Association (INTA): [email protected] or
[email protected]
International Union of Police Associations: [email protected]
Irell & Manella LLP: [email protected]
Jenner & Block LLP: (312) 222-9350
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP: http://www.kelleydrye.com/contacts/index
Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP: (310) 556-2700
Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP: [email protected]
L'Oreal: (212) 818-1500
Lathrop & Gage LLP: http://www.lathropgage.com/contact.html
Loeb & Loeb LLP: http://www.loeb.com/Firm/Contact/
Lost Highway Records: (615) 524-7500
Macmillan: (646) 307-5151
Major County Sheriffs: [email protected]
Major League Baseball: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/help/contact_us.jsp
Majority City Chiefs: [email protected]
Marvel Entertainment: (212) 576-4000
MasterCard Worldwide: (800) 622-7747
MCA Records: [email protected]
McGraw-Hill Education: [email protected]
Minor League Baseball (MiLB): [email protected] or
[email protected]
Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC): [email protected]
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP: http://www.msk.com/contact/
Morrison & Foerster LLP: [email protected]
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA): [email protected]
Moving Picture Technicians: See Artists and Allied Crafts
MPA – The Association of Magazine Media: [email protected]
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM): [email protected]
National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators: 518 432-1100
National Association of State Chief Information Officers: [email protected]
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) [email protected]
National Center for Victims of Crime: http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?
dbID=DB_Contact764
National Crime Justice Association: [email protected]
National District Attorneys Association: (703) 549-9222
National Domestic Preparedness Coalition: [email protected]
National Football League: http://www.nfl.com/contact-us
National Governors Association, Economic Development and Commerce Committee:
[email protected]
National League of Cities: http://www.nlc.org/about-nlc/contact-nlc
National Narcotics Offers' Associations' Coalition: [email protected] or http://www.natlnarc.org/default.aspx?page=1011
National Sheriffs' Association (NSA): http://sheriffs.org/content/contact-us
National Songwriters Association: http://members.nashvillesongwriters.com/
webform.php?ViewForm=1
National Troopers Coalition: [email protected]
News Corporation: [email protected]
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP: http://www.pbwt.com/contact/
Pearson Education: http://www.pearsoned.com/contacts
Penguin Group (USA), Inc.: [email protected]
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: [email protected]
Phillips Nizer, LLP: http://www.phillipsnizer.com/about/contact.cfm
Pfizer, Inc.: https://www.pfizer.com/contact/mail_general.jsp
Proskauer Rose LLP: [email protected]
Provident Music Group: (615) 261-6500
Random House: [email protected]
Raulet Property Partners: http://www.raulet.com/HTM%20Stuff/ContactUs.htm
Revlon: http://www.revlon.com/Revlon-Home/Revlon-General/Contact.aspx
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP: http://www.rkmc.com/Contact.aspx
Scholastic, Inc.: http://scholastic.custhelp.com/app/ask
Screen Actors Guild (SAG): [email protected]
Shearman & Sterling LLP: [email protected]
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP: (212) 455-2000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: [email protected]
Sony/ATV Music Publishing: [email protected]
Sony Music Entertainment: http://hub.sonymusic.com/about/feedback.php or http://
www.sonyatv.com/index.php/contact
Sony Music Nashville: http://www.sonyatv.com/index.php/contact
State International Development Organization (SIDO): [email protected]
The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO): [email protected]
The Perseus Books Groups: (800) 343-4499
The United States Conference of Mayors: [email protected]
Tiffany & Co.: http://press.tiffany.com/Customer/Request/ContactUs.aspx
Time Warner: http://www.timewarner.com/contact-us/
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC): [email protected]
UMG Publishing Group Nashville: (615) 340-5400
United States Chamber of Commerce: http://www.uschamber.com/about/contact/submit-
question
United States Tennis Association: https://forms.usta.com/usta/form325815541/
secure_index.html or [email protected]
Universal Music: [email protected]
Universal Music Publishing Group: [email protected]
Viacom: http://www.viacom.com/contact/Pages/default.aspx
Visa, Inc.: https://corporate.visa.com/utility/contactus.jsp
W.W. Norton & Company: (212) 354-5500
Warner Music Group: http://www.wmg.com/contact
Warner Music Nashville: http://www.warnermusicnashville.com/contact
White & Case LLP: http://www.whitecase.com/ContactUs.aspx
Wolters Kluewer Health: [email protected]
Word Entertainment: [email protected]
http://gizmodo.com/5870241/presented-without-comment-every-single-company-supporting-sopa-the-awful-internet-censorship-law
WHAT CAN WE DO?
1. BOYCOTT
2. PETITION AND SUPPORT THE GOOD GUYS*
3. INFORM THE PUBLIC (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc )
GoDaddy Boycott:
1. Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nmnie/godaddy_supports_sopa_im_transferring_51_domains/
2. StackOverflow
http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/116891/will-stackoverflow-boycott-godaddy-because-of-their-support-for-sopa
3. Gizmodo
http://gizmodo.com/5870559/as-if-you-needed-another-reason-to-hate-fcking-godaddy
4.
https://plus.google.com/118335437053419885957/posts/CkwT1t9rdkG?hl=en
*) THE GOOD GUYS:
http://americancensorship.org/
http://keepthewebopen.com/
http://fightforthefuture.org/
http://dontcensorthenet.com/
http://www.sopaopera.org/
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This stuff is scary. Thanks for posting!
BREAKING: GoDaddy No Longer Supports SOPA!! http://mashable.com/2011/12/23/breaking-godaddy-no-longer-supports-sopa/ THIS WAS A LIE!
;) Developers RULE: "Preparing Domains in GoDaddy for Transfer Out"
http://blog.dnsimple.com/preparing-domains-godaddy-for-transfer-out/
8) More Good guys: Over 40 Internet Companies Come Out Publicly Against SOPA (Including Us)
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/22/over-40-internet-companies-have-come-out-publicly-against-sopa/
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Go Daddy lost 21,054 domains yesterday in wake of SOPA PR disaster
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/12/24/go-daddy-lost-21054-domains-yesterday-in-wake-of-sopa-pr-disaster/
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The general consensus on Slashdot appears to be that it's only a PR move by GoDaddy - their withdrawal of overt support does not equate to a real change in their thinking. There's still a massive exodus of domains from their registrar. I moved mine off months ago over some other stupidity they had bumbled into, although I forget now exactly what it was.
They might not even need SOPA:
"A federal judge in Nevada has agreed that Chanel can seize the domain names in question and transfer them all to US-based registrar GoDaddy."
"The case has been a remarkable one. Concerned about counterfeiting, Chanel has filed a joint suit in Nevada against nearly 700 domain names that appear to have nothing in common. When Chanel finds more names, it simply uses the same case and files new requests for more seizures. (A recent November 14 order went after an additional 228 sites; none had a chance to contest the request until after it was approved and the names had been seized.)"
US judge orders hundreds of sites "de-indexed" from Google, Facebook:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/us-judge-orders-hundreds-of-sites-de-indexed-from-google-twitter-bing-facebook.ars
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While we are focusing on SOPA, we are being distracted from the Senate version of the bill: the PROTECT IP Act.
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/np5ee/while_we_are_focusing_on_sopa_we_are_being/
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SOPA for Dummies
http://www.scribd.com/doc/76244080/SOPA-for-Dummies
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I've used Namecheap for a while for domain names. I have nothing bad to say about them.
happy holidays!
