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I know, Sony went to a judge and bought their way to an injunction forcing Quad9 to blacklist DNS resolution. Same went for Homeland Sec here in the US some tim

I know, Sony went to a judge and bought their way to an injunction forcing Quad9 to blacklist DNS resolution. Same went for Homeland Sec here in the US some time ago. It’s still Sony’s lawyers, it’s still not right, and a judge should know the difference between telecom lines and operators and their users, as this is the same thing analogy wise. It’s like me getting you to not eat dairy by banning you from ice cream shops because I’m lactose intolerant. It’s a huge over reach and abuse of power.

djrogers 5y ago
> It’s a huge over reach and abuse of power. Don't see anywhere I agued it wasn't, but I was responding to your comment which sounded like Quad9 was caving to Sony's lawyers, as opposed to the more specific accusations of judicial bribery in this follow-up post. Is it common for German judges to be bought and/or specific judgements to be paid for in Germany?
- Dah00n 5y ago
  No it isn't. While this is a bad thing saying it is bought is hyperbolic.
  - gabereiser 5y ago
    Indeed it was hyperbolic.
- sophacles 5y ago
  There is no bribery accusation. They said "sony bought their way". This is a vague statement that could include bribery, but also could mean "spent a lot of money on lawyers who found a judge that would side with them" or "sony spent a lot of money on lawsuits in many jurisdictions trying to find one that sided thier way" and a hundred other things.
  - djrogers 5y ago
    The exact quote is “went to a judge and bought”. If that’s not a direct accusation of bribery, I don’t know what is. None of the other options you listed come as close to describing what was stated as bribery does.
    - gabereiser 5y ago
      Here: “Sony went to a judge, and bought their way to an injunction”. Better? I’m not accusing them of bribery, though I wouldn’t put it past them. Scratch our backs kind of thing. I hate Sony.

djrogers 5y ago

> It’s a huge over reach and abuse of power. Don't see anywhere I agued it wasn't, but I was responding to your comment which sounded like Quad9 was caving to Sony's lawyers, as opposed to the more specific accusations of judicial bribery in this follow-up post. Is it common for German judges to be bought and/or specific judgements to be paid for in Germany?

Dah00n 5y ago
No it isn't. While this is a bad thing saying it is bought is hyperbolic.
- gabereiser 5y ago
  Indeed it was hyperbolic.
sophacles 5y ago
There is no bribery accusation. They said "sony bought their way". This is a vague statement that could include bribery, but also could mean "spent a lot of money on lawyers who found a judge that would side with them" or "sony spent a lot of money on lawsuits in many jurisdictions trying to find one that sided thier way" and a hundred other things.
- djrogers 5y ago
  The exact quote is “went to a judge and bought”. If that’s not a direct accusation of bribery, I don’t know what is. None of the other options you listed come as close to describing what was stated as bribery does.
  - gabereiser 5y ago
    Here: “Sony went to a judge, and bought their way to an injunction”. Better? I’m not accusing them of bribery, though I wouldn’t put it past them. Scratch our backs kind of thing. I hate Sony.