No, Wikipedia Has Not Forgiven GoDaddy for Backing SOPA
Network World, February 13, 2012
By Paul McNamara
It's been six weeks since Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales took to Twitter to announce that his organization would be removing its domain name registrations from GoDaddy over what was then the latter's public support for SOPA. Yet as of Jan. 9, www.wikipedia.org remains nestled in the GoDaddy bosom, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by some, including users of Reddit, which along with Wikipedia was among the most high-profile and active SOPA opponents.
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