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This is the ReadWriteWeb Daily Recap for 01/04/2012


SOPA, GoDaddy and the Bottom-Up Democracy (or Mob Rule) of the Web

It used to be that large companies could pretty much do as they pleased in
their ongoing quest to maximize profits and please shareholders. It was only
when the harm done to workers, consumers, the environment or a firm's own
self image got particularly bad that anything changed. This isn't to say
that all big companies do bad things, but some do and in the industrial age,
they could often get away with it pretty easily.

Well, the industrial age has given way to the information age and the
balance of power is shifting further and further toward consumers,
especially those with actively Web-connected lives. For a telling example,
look no further than the recent fiasco surrounding GoDaddy and their now
former support for the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA).

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sopa_godaddy_and_the_bottom-up_democracy_or_mob_ru.php?utm_source=Rea

Tags: million, yahoo, games, ecard, business, phone.