Domain registrar Namecheap launched an online campaign to raise donations...
Domain registrar Namecheap launched an online campaign to raise donations to fund the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) advocacy campaign against the newly reintroduced Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), HR-624, which the groups say would threaten online privacy (http://bit.ly/YC4pW3).…
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Namecheap pledged to donate $1 to EFF for every tweet and Facebook post about the campaign, up to $100,000, according to the site. “CISPA is just another re-hashed version of [the Stop Online Piracy Act], which was vehemently opposed by the entire internet community,” Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall said in a statement, calling the bill “another attempt by congress to backdoor this anti-privacy and pro censorship legislation while everyone is sleeping.” In a statement, EFF Executive Director Shari Steele thanked Namecheap users “for their much-needed support and generosity."