Federal bill would force VPN providers, ISPs, and DNS services to block foreign piracy sites — yet fuzzy location rules could trigger heavy-handed bans
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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 days ago

    all that’s going to do is give them an excuse to block IPs outside the US by the block.

    keep an eye on the FCC and any legislation they take against HAM or SDR. without that it would be difficult to have any comms outside the US.

    • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      21 days ago

      No, IP blocking is widespread in most places, it’s just that “rights holder” lawsuits go after the domain name, first, both in terms of the registrar and DNS. They also force ISPs to block IP addresses, but this is more of a whack-a-mole prospect so it’s usually a second-order method.