If approved, FADPA would allow copyright holders to obtain court orders requiring large Internet service providers (ISPs) and DNS resolvers to block access to pirate sites. The bill would amend existing copyright law to focus specifically on ‘foreign websites’ that are ‘primarily designed’ for copyright infringement.

The inclusion of DNS resolvers is significant. Major tech companies such as Google and Cloudflare offer DNS services internationally, raising the possibility of blocking orders having an effect worldwide. DNS providers with less than $100 million in annual revenue are excluded.

While site blocking is claimed to exist in more than 60 countries, DNS resolvers are typically not included in site blocking laws and regulations. These services have been targeted with blocking requests before but it’s certainly not standard.

It's aimed at DNS resolvers, so folks better start busting out them Pi-Holes and setting up unbound.

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[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They blocked Pirate sites here in Australia years ago, and as far as I’m aware it affected nobody. Everyone who knows how to torrent already knows how to get by it.

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

For us experienced pirates it's a minor inconvenience, but for a newbie it means that the barrier to entry has been considerabily raised. Try to explain how to torrent (safely) to a 14yo without IT skills, or even to a 40 yo. Its basically a lost cause.