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Democrat teams up with movie industry to propose website-blocking law (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Lofgren's bill would impose site-blocking requirements on broadband providers with at least 100,000 subscribers and providers of public domain name resolution services with annual revenue of over $100 million. The bill has exemptions for VPN services and "similar services that encrypt and route user traffic through intermediary servers"; DNS providers that offer service "exclusively through encrypted DNS protocols"; and operators of premises that provide Internet access, like coffee shops, bookstores, airlines, and universities.

Invest in VPN providers.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So it help vpn stocks?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck. How bad is this...??

Is this going to take out VPNs as well?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

When you forgot to educate your people well enough so you don't have to worry about what they see.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Okay.... And that helps anyone how? Where's the other foot? I would like to help? I have a sledge hammer! C'mon don't be shy.

But, I got ideas! How about everyone who files for a patent has to give the Democratic party all their money or how autocorrect wants, all their monkey! That'll show them!

And how about everyone who goes to and graduates from college must serve a 30 year sentence? Fabulous!

Need a car license? Just smash your car on this steel wall! Yey! So easy! So much better than racists!

WTF! Put the thinking cap back on dudes!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

Why would you not quote the first paragraph that explains everything about the law?

US Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today proposed a law that would let copyright owners obtain court orders requiring Internet service providers to block access to foreign piracy websites. The bill would also force DNS providers to block sites.

TBH it's not that bad since it doesn't affect VPNs or domestic piracy sites, ironically. It's bad but it's not the apocalypse like some other commenters suggest.

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