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by petcat3 hours ago |
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upvoteby maccard2 hours ago|
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If you're going to be pedantic, you have to be correct.

> In Europe, ISPs and CDNs just block websites willy-nilly at the request of La Liga, for instance

There's so much wrong with this sentence. It's not Europe, it's Spain. La liga aren't just dropping emails to ISPs, they're gaining court orders (now, whether these court orders are warranted, or delivered correctly [0] or not is another question).

> That doesn't happen in USA

It doesn't happen in "Europe" either.

[0] https://www.pcmag.com/news/nordvpn-protonvpn-ordered-block-p...

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upvoteby GTP2 hours ago|
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Isn't it even in the U.S. e.g. enough for some big music firm to claim copyright infringement on a YouTube video for it to be removed and the channel's owner get a copyright strike, no courts and no FBI involved? AFAIK this is what happens with so-called DMCA takedown requests.
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upvoteby petcat2 hours ago|
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The difference is that content creator can put the video on their own website and that domain won't get blocked by my ISP. It might get seized later after some judicial review.
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upvoteby 2 hours ago|
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upvoteby mrtksn2 hours ago|
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Exactly, in USA they just remove your videos from YouTube and in Spain in Italy they just block your domains on the ISPs for the exact same reasons and both are sometimes fraudulent.
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upvoteby hkt2 hours ago|
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Is this not a symptom of where ICANN sits? Subject to American jurisdiction, so domain seizures make more sense for American litigants. In Europe, litigants must chase down ISPs who are the local gatekeepers. It makes sense that it works differently.
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upvoteby mrtksn3 hours ago|
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Why do you care about ISPs that much? It's the exactly same thing as an outcome, just different concerns and methods.

Also, when you don't do anything illegal in USA just take away your company either by forcing you to sell it or forcing American companies not doing business with you.

TikTok was removed from Apple AppStore forcefully, then reinstated and forcefully sold.

Why ISP blocking is considered low morale but seizing your stuff high morale endeavor?

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upvoteby prosody2 hours ago|
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There's positives and negatives to each. For government domain seizure, there's due process involved but working around it is harder (the service provider either has to acquire a new proper domain or onion domain, then disseminate it to the audience somehow). For ISP level blocking there's limited due process (at least in the cited case of LaLiga seemingly just issuing a complaint to the ISP), but the audience can easily work around with it with a VPN or sometimes just an alternate DNS server.
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upvoteby mrtksn2 hours ago|
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ISP level blocking is for the mainstream, anyone slightly tech literate can overcome it.

The domain seizure, forced service shut downs like app store distribution ban or payment processing ban or forcing hosting providers not to serve you and physically taking you into custody for spreading unlicensed content is the real deal and it’s actually effective.

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upvoteby rvnx2 hours ago|
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Though even if there is a way to circumvent, if there is no audience or ad revenues, there is no motivation. Look at Twitch streamers or YouTubers who are banned:

    -> No revenue
    -> No audience
    -> No reason to continue
    -> "Problem" solved
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upvoteby petcat3 hours ago|
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> not Spain as the government but LaLiga(a sports organization) abused its given powers and apparently demanded that ISPs block the site.
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upvoteby Larrikin3 hours ago|
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Why do you keep arguing a point you were wrong about
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