27.04.2015 - 09:23 [ Verge ]

Sony leaks reveal Hollywood is trying to break DNS, the backbone of the internet

(16.Dezember 2014) „A takedown notice program, therefore, could threaten ISPs with potential secondary liability in the event that they do not cease connecting users to known infringing material through their own DNS servers,“ the letter reads. „While not making it impossible for users to reach pirate sites (i.e., a user could still use a third-party DNS server), it could make it substantially more complicated for casual infringers to reach pirate sites if their ISPs decline to assist in the routing of communications to those sites.“ The full document is embedded below.