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[vania z]

The US here where I live is considered one of the most copyright-frendly countries, where piracy is fought restlessly. However, I have never heard of sites being locked for piracy reasons, one of the most famous such sites continues to thrive. And in Russia they block online libraries, torrent trackers and can ban almost any site based on a variety of reasons, no matter in which country the site is being hosted. It reminds me of the great firewall of China. So, I wanted to ask US forumites whether I am wrong or right about sites not being locked down in the US if they are hosted outside of country. 

[vania z]

Sure. Sorry for my english:)
What I wanted to ask is whether they block sites with pirated content in the US or not? And more specifically do they ban sites which are hosted outside of US jurisdiction?

[Cyonan]

Depends on what you mean by ban. They can't go around shutting down websites which aren't hosted in the US without the help of the country it's hosted in(not legally, anyway).

They can DNS block and have in the past on websites like wikileaks, but if you know the IP address of the website you can get around that really easily.

I've never heard of them DNS blocking a pirating website, though. I imagine they figure it's a waste of their time.

[vania z]

They can force internet providers to restrict access to website's IP address, that is what they are doing in Russia. And it does not matter in which county the site is hosted.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

I think they endanger small economies, artists and writers. Shutting down their websites is logical. Still most of them are outside US, so they only can do the "restriction prohibited" stuff.

[Cyonan]

vania z wrote...

They can force internet providers to restrict access to website's IP address, that is what they are doing in Russia. And it does not matter in which county the site is hosted.

That's just 1 step above DNS blocking, and I've not heard of the US doing that.

If the website really cared about it they could probably just get their IP address changed.

[billy the squid]

vania z wrote...

They can force internet providers to restrict access to website's IP address, that is what they are doing in Russia. And it does not matter in which county the site is hosted.

Just use a proxy server, that's what happened in the UK when the piratebay and later movie2k was blocked, boom. Instant work around which everyone used easily. 

[vania z]

Cyonan wrote...

That's just 1 step above DNS blocking, and I've not heard of the US doing that.

If the website really cared about it they could probably just get their IP address changed.

Yeah, they can change IP address, it would be accessible for some time before it gets blocked again. Still we can use proxy servers or TOR, but internet is becoming less free in Russia:( That frustrates me. Not that I am a huge fan of pirates, but it is just the first step to control us. They have a large list of thing they can block sites based on.
Good to know it isn't happening in the rest of the world. 

[vania z]

billy the squid wrote...

Just use a proxy server, that's what happened in the UK when the piratebay and later movie2k was blocked, boom. Instant work around which everyone used easily. 

Thanks, I know about that:) But many people do not. 

[Dutchess]

billy the squid wrote...

vania z wrote...

They can force internet providers to restrict access to website's IP address, that is what they are doing in Russia. And it does not matter in which county the site is hosted.

Just use a proxy server, that's what happened in the UK when the piratebay and later movie2k was blocked, boom. Instant work around which everyone used easily. 

Oh, the UK blocked piratebay too? The Netherlands have done that as well. With the same success.

[mybudgee]

Where's the 'Max Headroom' guy when we need him?

[Ninja Stan]

Not an appropriate topic for this forum.

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