Indeed, offshore resolvers, offshore DNS infrastructure and the progressive's futile attempts at interference with free markets is once again thwarted. We all know that U.S. law helps keep the internet safe </sarcasm>
Jeff On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Jeffrey S. Young <yo...@jsyoung.net> wrote: > > > On 22/11/2010, at 3:37 PM, ML <m...@kenweb.org> wrote: > >> On 11/19/2010 3:45 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: >>> It seems that the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act >>> (COICA) passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee >>> with a unanimous (!) vote : >>> >>> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/pirate-slaying-censorship-bill-gets-unanimous-support.ars >>> >>> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s111-3804 >>> >>> I claim operational content for this as, on the basis of court orders, >>> i..e. a >>> >>> "temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an injunction >>> against the domain name used by an Internet site dedicated to infringing >>> activities" >>> >>> it requires that, for foreign domain names, >>> >>> "(i) a service provider, as that term is defined in section 512(k)(1) of >>> title 17, United States Code, or other operator of a domain name system >>> server shall take reasonable steps that will prevent a domain name from >>> resolving to that domain name’s Internet protocol address;" >>> >>> This expedited DNS cutoff is only available for copyright violations, not >>> for other illegalities. >>> >>> Whether this has any chance of actually passing through this Lame Duck >>> Congress remains to be seen, but my personal reading is that that is not >>> likely. >>> >>> Regards >>> Marshall >> >> I wonder what would happen if the Comcasts and Verizons of the world >> threatened a $10 rate hike to cover the added administration and headaches >> of this silliness? Would joe six pack care? >> > I wonder if simply adding a second, off-shore resolver to Joe six pack's DHCP > settings wouldn't circumvent this silliness anyway. It would be Joe's son or > daughter who wants to resolve limewire.com (et. al.), but wouldn't be that > hard. > > jy >> > > -- Jeffrey Lyon, Leadership Team jeffrey.l...@blacklotus.net | http://www.blacklotus.net Black Lotus Communications - AS32421 First and Leading in DDoS Protection Solutions
