They should block their own crooked customers because the alternative of being belligerent with the authorities will deal exactly to the outcome they're whining

They should block their own crooked customers because the alternative of being belligerent with the authorities will deal exactly to the outcome they're whining about: the only option available is to block IPs leading to their more legit customers being caught in the blast radius. That should, ultimately, lead to the legit sites taking their business elsewhere. As for doing legal content blocks based on geo-location, that is not a can of worms. It's table stakes, and I find it hard to believe they wouldn't already have that capability.