Updated: Possible Unreachable Time Tonight
We will be changing registrars and nameservers for xbmc.org tonight (US time), which could lead to a brief unreachable period (via DNS) while the records propagate around the net. The move will affect this site, the forum, the wiki, trac, our email, and addons in XBMC itself. No action should be required by users or readers. This move away from our current registrar and to a non-US entity is intended as a small provision should the worst come to pass.
We are hoping for a seamless transition and we don’t foresee any difficulties, but don’t be alarmed by any unexpected results for the next day or so. We’ll update this space when the move is complete.
Update: Somehow, these things never go smoothly. The move is complete, but we did see some unreachable time. Most everyone should be back up by now, depending on your DNS servers. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
good luck
Kudos for leaving said registrar. I just completed my 6 domain move from them as well onto one that is not out to help kill the Internet as we know it.
Thank you for participating in the GoDaddy boycott.
I just took my company’s business too, 2 dedicated servers
Good luck to you! Hope everyone participate in the godaddy boycott and do everything in their power to stop SOPA!
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
I really hope U.S. representatives understand what they are doing! I hope it doesn’t turn into another Patriot Act! I hope…
SOPA will destroy the future of innovation and enforce the mass criminalization of people. If the right folks in congress have it there way, this will not pass… then again if the wrong people have it there way, they will flush computing innovations in the U.S. down the toilet… talk about great depression… this will really depress the economy to a stand still. If people didn’t have their favorites media online, there would be nothing left to live for… sometimes entertainment is all we have to keep smiling and getting through shit in life… you might as well take peoples lives if you are going to pass SOPA!
iRoNBiLL
Well done! Everyone should do this.
Good idea to prepair for the worst. Now lets just hope the move isn’t needed (if SOPA) fails to pass.
Good luck with the move guys.
hopefully no unforeseen issues will arise.
Oh, and awesome work on 11!
awsome!
I am following suit. To anybody transferring, check out this Slashdot post (not mine, but very useful) for registrars that donate $1 to the EFF for every domain name transferred:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2596516&cid=38531380
Long live freedom and privacy of speech and communication!
Thank you for joining the fight!
Thank you for changing!… considering SOPA may threaten XBMC and key services that it relies on eg. scrapers for themoviedb, tvdb, ect It is very important that as many people as possible take a stance against SOPA and anybody that supports it.
Good to see team XBMC act against SOPA!
Thumbs up for that!
Good job, SOPA needs abortion. Thanks
Go XBMC!
It’s best to move the whole foundation out of the US or should MPEGLA first file some patent infringements?
SOPA will allow the U.S. authorities to go directory to Verisign (for .com .net .org) so changing to a non-US registrar will have no effect. You need to change the top level domain.
“directly to Verisign” …
Totally support the move. You guys are doing the right thing.
SOPA could prevent comments on forums like this. Purely a money grab by big media.
Go Daddy supports it (they never said they changed their position!!!) because they got the seized domains from the government in the past.
About what time do you think you will pull the trigger on the change?
/soapbox
All of you that think this is a good idea are under informed and are responding to superficial hype mongering by equally unintelligent sources. And you are foolish to think moving your domain is going to be seen as an act against SOPA. Your congressmen don’t care. This won’t even register on their minds when they are back at the table debating SOPA.
What parts of SOPA did Go Daddy actually have to do with? What language of the bill did they pitch in? Admit it – you don’t know for sure do you. What you know is they were a supported and helped draft it. That is really pretty vague, isn’t it?
Since then Go Daddy has withdrawn their support, officially, from the bill. They have issued a statement that they are now against SOPA. They are out of it and done with it.
Go Daddy is an American company. Employing Americans. Bringing international money into America. Spending it and investing it in America. They provided you with extremely affordable domain registration in times when others were robbing you blind for the service. They have done nothing but good things for you and America.
And with barely a blink of an eye you are against them and everything they do? And you are moving your support to a non-American entity? Not that it is a bad thing, but seriously? You think that is going to help if SOPA gets passed? That’s bullshit. The censor blocking isn’t going to be handled by a domain registrar! It’s going to be handled by all of the ISP’s you idiots! Your ISP is going to be the company censoring websites, doing what they can to block you from content. Sure a domain registrar can redirect the destination and they could be used – but come on.. You know the ISP is where this will all happen.
Get your facts straight and think of the big picture! And stop responding immaturely to hype and fear mongering! Stopping your use of Go Daddy isn’t helping the situation – it’s just going to hurt an American company that has only provided you with affordable services since it started. If you want to express your concerns with SOPA – write a letter to your representatives! Pick up the phone! Bury their websites with complaints! That is the only way they will pay attention and it is the only way SOPA will get rejected. Anything else, like moving your domains from Go Daddy, is letting terrorists win..
/soapbox
Reference Go Daddy removing support of SOPA: http://gizmodo.com/5872055/godaddys-now-officially-against-sopa
Wasabi:
No one here has said they are against Go Daddy and “everything they do”. The point is that consumers respond when a company is doing bad things, or things they don’t like. Your vote with your wallet. This is a kind of regulation, and a good kind.
“If you want to express your concerns with SOPA – write a letter to your representatives!”
People are doing that too. Besides, the boycotters /have/ expressed their concerns with SOPA by letting Go Daddy what they think of the company’s endorsement of the bill. And look what has happened: Go Daddy now officially opposes it.
“The censor blocking isn’t going to be handled by a domain registrar! It’s going to be handled by all of the ISP’s you idiots!”
That is not the point of the boycott.
@dnixx
By the way, personally I will not go back to Go Daddy. They oppose SOPA because it has not “fulfilled its basic requirement to build a consensus among stake-holders in the technology and Internet communities”, and they /will/ support it “when and if the Internet community supports it”. A consensus doesn’t make it right.
“Anything else, like moving your domains from Go Daddy, is letting terrorists win..”
And in one fell swoop; you managed to remove all credibility from what you said prior to that.
Nice job, ‘American’..
What Team XBMC does; is purely their business.
@Wasabi
Bob Parsons, is that you?
Well done, guys! This move helps solidify my support and appreciation for the entire XBMC team beyond just their unprecedented development talent. It’s a small move but one that reflects highly on your ethical commitment to the community.
“Anything else, like moving your domains from Go Daddy, is letting terrorists win..”
Thanks, I needed a laugh!
I assume this was a joke, right? If I register my domains with a Swedish company does this make me the next Bin Laden?
Tool!
@Jim
Jim, every part of your comment was perfectly fine except the very last part. Please leave your comments to the discussion at hand and not to personal attacks.
Thanks xbmc team! I think you did the right thing saying “NoDaddy” to GoDaddy. This shows other providers, that they might be loosing money as well if they decide against consumers’ ideas about the freedom of the internet.
The best to you guys, I am looking forward to the xbmc things coming in 2012 :)
Great to hear of the move and your support on SOPA! Hope the move goes well
Great!
While I would prefer to move the domain to another US based company I can understand the concern of the ignorance in Washington. Hopefully SOPA fails and we can go on being a semi-free Nation once again.
@Jim, @Skindred and others that caught the ‘terrorist’ comment:
LOL – yes it was at joke. I don’t normally post, but when I do I put in a rage joke at the end to see who may have actually read my post. :) No, I wasn’t actually serious about the terrorist comment – I thought it would be funny to add a quip troll comment at the end. :P
Also, when I read that XBMC was moving from Go Daddy I honestly thought to myself “that makes sense”. I’m cool with whatever they decide – and anyone else for that matter. That’s the great thing about it – everyone is free to express their own views/opinions and free to take action as they desire. Which is the keystone problem with SOPA – it will remove the people’s ability to go and do whatever it is they wish to do at the whim of those that have the ability to sway the legal system otherwise. I’m very much anti-SOPA.
@dnixx – excellent response!
@Jags – LOL no – I am not sure he even uses the Internet.. ? :P
@natethomas – thanks for your post! :)
@Jägs
lol
Is this still in process? I am getting errors trying to install the new version on an ATV2 and the WIKI is not working at all…
Great 2011, keep up the good work.
Trying to install xbmc on apple tv 2. Not working yet. Any news?
I’m still getting errors on this as well. I can’t even connect to xbmc.org other than through a proxy.
To those with dns issues, some ISP’s takes longer than others to update. A temporary or permanent solution is to use OpenDNS.
A good move. 2012 is gonna be a sketchy year for censorship and with less money in our bank accounts than this time last year its important to use that little bit of power your wallet contains to air your voice, however small it maybe.
props to teamXBMC
I am also having issues getting to all xbmc subdomains using google dns, tho the main site is working fine.
Either use 205.251.128.242 as the url or use google open dns service ;)
still no forum?
is this why im getting script failed errors?
is this why im getting script failed errors?
In British Columbia Canada and can’t install xbmc on my new apple tv. My older one with xbmc and icefilms won’t play anything. How long does it take for ISP to update? How do I change to a different DNS?
While the dns is down I was thinking how to edit the commands using the ip address instead of the dns.
So
apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
Would read something like
apt-get install 205.251.128.242 -atv2
This is correct in any form I get errors when trying to use this but maybe someone a bit more experienced might have a better use or syntax to use as a work around.
Correction.
This is NOT correct in any form I get errors when trying to use this but maybe someone a bit more experienced might have a better use or syntax to use as a work around.
in Xmbc 11.0 beta the addons are not working becuase the scripts are failing. How do i fix this??