Comment by Helmut10001
18 hours ago
> The French courts have fundamentally misunderstood the working of the internet and the role of the domain name system
I think thus is the real problem. And you can easily replace France with Germany or US here.
18 hours ago
> The French courts have fundamentally misunderstood the working of the internet and the role of the domain name system
I think thus is the real problem. And you can easily replace France with Germany or US here.
The US doesn't compel ISPs to block websites. The FBI will occasionally seize a domain after a court order, but that's it.
This is a pretty uniquely EU thing.
It hasn't passed yet, but legislators are very hard at work trying to "catch up". [1][2]
And there are other countries outside the US and Europe, it's not just a "EU" thing. (I wanted to write North America first, but even Canada does blocking, in some cases even without court orders [3])
[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site... [2] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/congress-has-another-s... [3] https://piracymonitor.org/canada-evolving-piracy-threats-pro...
What was this all about?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/judge-rules-ever...
That was reversed instantly because the order was illegal.
Judges try things all the time that end up getting struck down and reversed because they're illegal.
https://torrentfreak.com/court-orders-for-all-us-isps-to-blo...
It’s a worldwide problem
> The FBI will occasionally seize a domain after a court order
Aren't that is about the same?
At least in the US, it’s not a matter of "understanding". It’s a matter of "you are paid to misunderstand".
The law is vast and subject to various levels of interpretation. If there’s anything I have learned is that the court is just a rich persons weapon to "peacefully" resolve problems. In this modern capitalistic, greedy shithole we have dug ourselves into. Money and resources talks.