Democrat teams up with movie industry to propose website-blocking law

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

Why would you not quote the first paragraph that explains everything about the law?

US Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today proposed a law that would let copyright owners obtain court orders requiring Internet service providers to block access to foreign piracy websites. The bill would also force DNS providers to block sites.

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

TBH they can't really pass anything even if they wanted to focus on more important issues. Majority Leaders call votes and they're both Republicans.

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

When you forgot to educate your people well enough so you don't have to worry about what they see.

[labbbb2@thelemmy.club]

I don't think it's even corporate now. There is oligopolies/monopolies in each sector already

[hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world]

Sometimes I feel like democrats don't actually care more about voters, they just care much more about appearances.

[yokozuna@lemmy.world]

Just a step in the direction towards that, though. They'll pass it, and people will still pirate. Then, they'll claim the legislation wasn't enough and pass another bill further encroaching on our freedom on the internet.

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

Maybe, but for now she doesn't have a single co-sponsor. LINK TO THE BILL

[billwashere@lemmy.world]

And rich people

[mpony@lemmy.world]

yeah today's been a day

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

Idk man, that sounds like evidence based thinking, to me, reported.

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

The fact that this dumb bitch is trying to do this, a blatant violation of open internet ideas btw, as the technocracy makes its opening moves is the real problem.

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

Don't settle for half measures.

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

I'm not sure where the fuck you've been hiding but Net Neutrality got struck down when we voted Fascists into power, so maybe cool it with blaming the dems for that one, pal.

[killingtimeitself@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

its uh, definitely one of the feelings of all time reading through threads like this, assuming these are actual real people, spending their actually real time, talking about these actually real things.

[thebat@lemmy.world]

From California? Hmmm... Why would a representative from California put forward such a bill?

[dragontypewyvern@midwest.social]

I'm only blaming the Dems that support and author it.

[quokka1@mastodon.au]

@SquiffSquiff @some_guy They do that here to some degree. ISP's DNS give a shitty warning about pirating if you try to visit any of the normal places for that kind of thing. Personally i just use a local DNS over HTTPS server. Which reminds me I need to see if he/she would like a donation.

[mwguy@infosec.pub]

Is the capability to block any website something the Democrats want to enable with for Trump to abuse?

[douglasg14b@lemmy.world]

Seriously.

This is a shit shit back to front now.

[neclimdul@lemmy.world]

"Man we really got trounced in that election "

"Yeah we should really work on our image"

"Yeah. Oh I know! You know how everyone hated that tik tok ban?"

"Yeah?"

"Well what if that, but more!"

"But people hated the ban...."

"Oh right, no, the movie industry is paying us to do this."

"Oh why didn't you just say so."