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The Motion Picture Association will work with Congress to start blocking piracy sites in the US (www.engadget.com)
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[–] Drewski@lemmy.sdf.org 90 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

He [MPAA CEO Charles Rivkin] added that almost 60 countries use site-blocking as a tool against piracy, "including leading democracies and many of America's closest allies." The only reason why the US isn't one of them, he continued, is the "lack of political will, paired with outdated understandings of what site-blocking actually is, how it functions, and who it affects."

No, you're the one who doesn't understand. We don't want censorship, and we have this thing called the 1st Amendment.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 35 points 7 months ago

MPAA is the organization that took 2600 to court over linking to DeCSS source code. All they understand is money and power and so far is worked really well. This is an organization that literally inserted itself into our society. Remove them, by force if necessary.

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 19 points 7 months ago

Australia's version is a dns block. It only stops people who don't know how to google or change thier dns.