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So it's a DNS block? That will be incredibly easy for Belgians to bypass...
by ltamake 15y ago
So it's a DNS block? That will be incredibly easy for Belgians to bypass...
- roel_v 15y agoHow many non-nerds do you know that even know what DNS is? Yes, slowly people will learn 'just type in the numbers xyz into your address bar', but it'll be a rather big obstacle for most casual users. On top of that, if it turns out that a DNS block is insufficient to stop the majority of Belgian users to access The Pirate Bay, it's a small step to go back to the judge and ask for a more stringent block. This is a first step, but a major one - it will set a precedent not only for Belgium and similar sites with pirated content, but also for other European countries. It'll be interesting to see how this pans out, and if there will be a counter-movement of sufficient weight to instigate legislation that will overturn broad, sweeping blocks of content. I suspect not.
- icebraining 15y agoApparently Danish traffic to the TPB has actually increased 12% since the block ;) In any case, TPB is just one of many nowadays. Block one and three more will pop up, like always.
- ltamake 15y agoGood old Streisand effect.