On: Quad9 to exit France

[romaniitedomum]

Because a court interpreted the law and ordered them to. And protecting companies from unlawful piracy is just as much a moral good as protecting the consumer from ransomware and threat actors. And if the DNS company can do the one, they can do the other.

[cwillu → romaniitedomum]

> protecting companies from unlawful piracy

Counterpoint: piracy is moral.

[asdf88990 → cwillu]

Only if purchasing doesn’t mean ownership. ;)

[teknologist → asdf88990]

Nobody's owning a thing, BeIN is a live sports channel

[barnabee → romaniitedomum]

Enabling the transfer of information from companies to people through piracy is a moral good

I’ll always support those who are willing to take such risks where I am not.

[betterunix2 → romaniitedomum]

It is not obvious that any specific unauthorized act of copying is "piracy," there is always a fair use argument and at the end of the day it is up to the courts to determine whether or not fair use applies.

Pretty inconvenient with the Internet being a thing.

[aniketh_hotagi → romaniitedomum]

protecting companies from unlawful piracy is just as much a moral good

bruh