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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Determining a user's location can be an exercise in quantum mechanics when VPNs are involved.
  • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 hours 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.