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Technically, google did it right (using the "censored" error code: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8914#name-extended-...):

  root@jack:~# dig footybite.cc @8.8.8.8

 ; <<>> DiG 9.18.19-1~deb12u1-Debian <<>> footybite.cc 
 @8.8.8.8
 ;; global options: +cmd
 ;; Got answer:
 ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 14528
 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, 
 ADDITIONAL: 1

 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
 ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
 ; EDE: 16 (Censored): (The requested domain is on a court 
 ordered copyright piracy blocklist for FR (ISO country 
 code). To learn more about this specific removal, please 
 visit https://lumendatabase.org/notices/41606068.)
 ;; QUESTION SECTION:
 ;footybite.cc.                  IN      A

 ;; Query time: 7 msec
 ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) (UDP)
 ;; WHEN: Sun Jun 16 19:24:29 CEST 2024
 ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 243



Technically interesting but unless browsers start showing the error to the user about 0% of affected users will benefit from this.




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