Wikipedia Rise To The Occassion!

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that domains of Wikipedia and Wikia would be transferred from GoDaddy - in Internet domain registrar. Decision was made as a protest against GoDaddy's support for the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, a controversial anti-piracy bill under consideration by Congress.

"I am proud to announce that the Wikipedia domain names will move away from GoDaddy. Their position on #sopa is unacceptable to us," Wales wrote in a tweet. He later added, "Wikia is also moving several hundred domains from godaddy. Which registrar has quality and price right?"

According to VentureBeat, GoDaddy has lost more than 37,000 domains in total. 

The Next Web writes that GoDaddy has been "calling customers, begging them to stay," noting that one customer shared an anecdote about a conversation with a GoDaddy representative in which the company's rep attempted to clarify GoDaddy's stance on SOPA.