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Is this just lip service to entertainment industry lobbying? I mean how will this be enforced? Most torrent sites are based overseas, people can just use VPN
by nickthemagicman 6y ago
Is this just lip service to entertainment industry lobbying?
I mean how will this be enforced?
Most torrent sites are based overseas, people can just use VPN to torrent.
Even if they ban the DNS record, you can get the IP address, from a reddit forum or something.
If ISP's start to ban I.P.'s then the internet is truly broken at that point.
Doesn't seem practical.
- KingMachiavelli 6y agoFrom the article: > Under current law, only violations of the reproduction and distribution rights of copyright owners can be charged as felonies, while criminal infringement via streaming (or “publicly performing”) can only be charged as a misdemeanor. This is known as the streaming loophole – and it is particularly harmful to the U.S. economy because streaming has become the most common form of criminal copyright infringement. This has nothing to do with torrents which would already be covered under the existing law. My understanding is that neither apply to non-commercial activities which instead fall under civil law.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoGotcha. Ok thanks. Streaming sites will have to get creative bit prob nothing they can't work around