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I wish they hadn't complied. It wouldn't be the first time a tech company stood up to this kind of thing. (Github and youtube-dl, Digg and HDDVD key, etc). Not

by kayson 5y ago

I wish they hadn't complied. It wouldn't be the first time a tech company stood up to this kind of thing. (Github and youtube-dl, Digg and HDDVD key, etc). Not familiar with German law. What would happen if they simply ignored the injunction?

mullen 5y ago
The police might come take their DNS servers.
- merb 5y ago
  probably impossible since they are sitting in switzerland and are not subjected to this directly.
  - account42 5y ago
    The organization is in Switzerland, but the DNS servers are all over the world - including in Germany (for now).
iratewizard 5y ago
That would have been really nice, but I can't blame them. If I were in their position, I would save my company and employees first. Making noise about it comes after their wellbeing.
- airhead969 5y ago
  That's not how activism works. No one will pay attention and writing White House online petitions doesn't do anything either.
- bwoodcock 5y ago
  We don't have any staff based in Germany, and none of us are traveling to Germany until this is settled.
joshuaissac 5y ago
Neither Digg nor GitHub stood up to a court order in either of these cases. A DMCA notice was used with no court involvement in both cases.
Dah00n 5y ago
I'm pretty sure it would be the first time. Normally they fight it in court, they don't disobey court orders after the fact. Neither of your examples did. If they did their hardware would be confiscated by the police.
caeril 5y ago
Yes, it's unfortunate, but it's still a far superior position than, say, Google or GoDaddy. In this case, Quad9 is being compelled by a court, with the force of law, to do so. GoDaddy and Google will yank your entire domain if enough anonymous communists complain on Twitter that your content is undesirable.
bwoodcock 5y ago
Are you unable to resolve domain names?

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I wish they hadn't complied. It wouldn't be the first time a tech company stood up to this kind of thing. (Github and youtube-dl, Digg and HDDVD key, etc). Not

by kayson 5y ago

mullen 5y ago
The police might come take their DNS servers.
- merb 5y ago
  probably impossible since they are sitting in switzerland and are not subjected to this directly.
  - account42 5y ago
    The organization is in Switzerland, but the DNS servers are all over the world - including in Germany (for now).
iratewizard 5y ago
That would have been really nice, but I can't blame them. If I were in their position, I would save my company and employees first. Making noise about it comes after their wellbeing.
- airhead969 5y ago
  That's not how activism works. No one will pay attention and writing White House online petitions doesn't do anything either.
- bwoodcock 5y ago
  We don't have any staff based in Germany, and none of us are traveling to Germany until this is settled.
joshuaissac 5y ago
Neither Digg nor GitHub stood up to a court order in either of these cases. A DMCA notice was used with no court involvement in both cases.
Dah00n 5y ago
I'm pretty sure it would be the first time. Normally they fight it in court, they don't disobey court orders after the fact. Neither of your examples did. If they did their hardware would be confiscated by the police.
caeril 5y ago
Yes, it's unfortunate, but it's still a far superior position than, say, Google or GoDaddy. In this case, Quad9 is being compelled by a court, with the force of law, to do so. GoDaddy and Google will yank your entire domain if enough anonymous communists complain on Twitter that your content is undesirable.
bwoodcock 5y ago
Are you unable to resolve domain names?