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Originally Posted by stocktrader23
You are correct but some new legislation just got through committee that would let them do it to sites that are owned and operated anywhere in the world. Scary ass, end of the internet as we know it type of shit and people that work online cheering for it.
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Yeah I've read about COICA. It really is pretty scary stuff for the internet. That said, I still think it only applies to .com .net .org, etc (i.e. those under US control) not country codes, etc such as .cd. If they go after all TLD's, including other nations, there is no doubt the DNS will fracture almost overnight.
However, I think they are intending to force ISP's to block domains in the US which they can't seize or shutdown. We just went through a one year battle to fight off an internet blacklist and filter in Australia. In the end, it was stopped mostly because ISP's found it would be impracticable on a technical level to filter traffic without adversely effecting internet speed.
Could be wrong though, but it will really be a sad day for the internet if this stuff comes to fruition (though there is a lot of support rallying against it from legitimate organizations and people). What is even worse is disheartening is seeing people involved in the internet, who should understand and appreciate the freedom it brings cheering it on.
Someone said something to me the other day that stuck. Doing business on the internet used to be so easy, and that's why it flourished. But as the years go on, the benefit of operating online and not having to worry about any particular jurisdiction or nations laws, and being able to focus on and just operate and grow your business, is evolving into the disadvantage of now having to worry about every jurisdiction in which your website is accessible. I think this trend is only going to continue, and it will mark the end of the great experiment the internet is if it does.