mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoNew Bill to Effectively Kill Anime & Other Piracy in the U.S. Gets Backing by Netflix, Disney & Sonywww.cbr.comexternal-linkmessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOh. Making something illegal illegal again? That’ll be effective.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s a slippery slope. Soon they will make doing illegal things a crime.
minus-squarehansolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 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-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIf you use a US-based VPN, you fucked up yourself.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 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.
Oh. Making something illegal illegal again? That’ll be effective.
It’s a slippery slope. Soon they will make doing illegal things a crime.
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.
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.
Freedomwall
DoH!