schizoidman@lemmy.zip to TechnologyEnglish · 2 days agoUS bill threatens to turn your VPN into a piracy blocklistwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down13file-text
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The American Copyright Protection Act aims to force ISPs, DNS resolvers, and VPNs to cut off access to foreign piracy sites
minus-squarepulsewidthlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·1 day agoRemember when piracy was shrinking and Netflix was cheap and had a good deal of content? Ah well, if only we can figure out what changed. I guess we’ll instead try prohibiting VPNs, when something is in demand… prohibiting it always works great with zero unintended consequences.
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·22 hours agoIt’s almost as if the piracy is not actually why, or not the primary reason, they want to take total control of the internet
Remember when piracy was shrinking and Netflix was cheap and had a good deal of content?
Ah well, if only we can figure out what changed.
I guess we’ll instead try prohibiting VPNs, when something is in demand… prohibiting it always works great with zero unintended consequences.
It’s almost as if the piracy is not actually why, or not the primary reason, they want to take total control of the internet