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Re:Paul Graham: SOPA Supporting Companies No Longer Allowed ... by pg on Thursday December 22, 2011 @06:11PM (#3383761)
They're not a regular technology company. They're owned by KKR.
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Re:Paul Graham: SOPA Supporting Companies No Longer Allowed ... by burgerbrain on Thursday December 22, 2011 @08:02PM (#3384104)
Can you explain why this is significant to people not familiar with KKR? Their Wikipedia page isn't telling me much.
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Re:Paul Graham: SOPA Supporting Companies No Longer Allowed ... by pg on Thursday December 22, 2011 @08:18PM (#3384134)
KKR is basically a decentralized conglomerate. While GoDaddy is (sort of) a technology company, KKR is closer in spirit to the sort of companies that support SOPA. Which is why we're seeing the apparently anomalous sight of an Internet company that supports SOPA. It's not GoDaddy talking; it's KKR talking through GoDaddy.
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