On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System

[lotuseclat79]

On Mandated Content Blocking in the Domain Name System.

-- Tom

[I no more]

I'm hoping the author's points about an alternate root DNS system (or many alternate systems) will be a compelling enough reason for the U.S. Congress not to go through with it. It's a terrible idea that's widely disliked by experts in the field.

If it does happen, I hope the author is correct and a neutral, uncensored DNS system does pop up. I find it unacceptable to use a DNS system being filtered by the U.S. Government. Pirated content will only be the first step. Once the door is opened, the list of sites they can wipe off the map will be greatly expanded in the future. Thanks but no thanks.

The internet is far too important now to allow it to be censored.

[dw426]

If their recent attempts to kill piracy sites is any indication, they're likely to wipe out half the web. There are more things that can go wrong with this plan than right, but they never consider the side effects. This is what happens when governments fail to solve problems. If piracy were, let's say a terrorist, and the rest of the web was composed of civilians, what they keep trying to do is like hitting the terrorist with an ICBM rather than having a sniper take the terrorist out. It sounds like they're basically going to have their own blacklist. I hate to tell them, but if it isn't working for malware, it's not going to work for piracy.