mesa to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoNew Bill to Effectively Kill Anime & Other Piracy in the U.S. Gets Backing by Netflix, Disney & Sonywww.cbr.commessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down13cross-posted to: anime@hexbear.nethackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sepiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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minus-square@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish64•5 months agoOh. Making something illegal illegal again? That’ll be effective.
minus-square@hansolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish64•5 months agoIf you read the bill, heavily sponsored by the MPA, part of it is about forcing ISPs (and presumably US based VPNs) to block the DNS/URLs of “foreign criminal” sites. It’s laying the groundwork for a Great American Firewall.
minus-square@SilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoWouldn’t be the first wall he put up in the name of freedom
minus-square@Agent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoIf you use a US-based VPN, you fucked up yourself.
minus-squareLovable SidekicklinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoSo many long games are being played now, it’s like everything is laying groundwork for something else. Would be nice for laws to just do what they do.
minus-square@Agent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoIt’s a slippery slope. Soon they will make doing illegal things a crime.
Oh. Making something illegal illegal again? That’ll be effective.
If you read the bill, heavily sponsored by the MPA, part of it is about forcing ISPs (and presumably US based VPNs) to block the DNS/URLs of “foreign criminal” sites.
It’s laying the groundwork for a Great American Firewall.
Freedomwall
Wouldn’t be the first wall he put up in the name of freedom
If you use a US-based VPN, you fucked up yourself.
So many long games are being played now, it’s like everything is laying groundwork for something else. Would be nice for laws to just do what they do.
DoH!
It’s a slippery slope. Soon they will make doing illegal things a crime.