The French Senate has passed a new anti-piracy bill that opens the door to automated IP-address blocking. This legislative push is bolstered by a parallel, "secret" agreement between sports rightsholders and major ISPs, which aims to automate anti-piracy efforts and streamline direct blocking requests. Rightsholders hope these new powers will help to tackle the "mafia-like" piracy economy.

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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I wonder how well that'll work against the 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 (that's the real number) ipv6 addresses.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 12 points 1 day ago

Intellectual property is part of the western capitalfascist regime. Once everything is collecitivzed again, this wont matter. Abolish capitalism.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Real time ip blocking while keeping the judge requirement? Idk how real time that process is going to be unless they just keep a judge on standby for all events.

Least I assume this system will need judicial review prior to actually sending the block out, otherwise this system is so prime for abuse it isn't even funny. They don't state penalties for abuse, they don't state how they get the data, they don't state a specific method of how to block.

There's so much info(or lack of) that is just concerning if there isn't actually a judicial review and it's just the IP holders sounding the alarm.

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago

The blocking system can be real-time without the source list being updated immediately upon change evaluation requests.

Such lists will most definitely have false positives added, and way too many outdated entries because nobody managing them or requesting changes has an interest or investment in keeping the list up-to-date (beyond adding new entries for themselves) and narrow.

Even with juridical review, I'm not very hopeful about its quality in terms of technical expertise and nuanced and appropriate application.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago

instead of automated IP-blocking in false time?