[governance] Re: FW: [IP] ] Sony leaks reveal Hollywood is trying to break DNS, the backbone of the internet

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 08:45:45AM +0200,
 michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote 
 a message of 288 lines which said:

> The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) appears intent on
> using US legal processes to attack the DNS system.

It is a bit strange that TheVerge article did not mention that
censorship via DNS mangling is already common in many countries, for
several years. 

France
<https://www.laquadrature.net/files/20110728-LQDN-Online_Gambling_EU_Consultation.pdf>

Belgium
<http://news.techworld.com/networking/3309047/pirate-bay-encourages-filesharers-to-dodge-belgium-block/>

Turkey <http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5532522/turkey-twitter-ban-google-dns-workaround>

A technical analysis of DNS filtering
<http://www.afnic.fr/en/about-afnic/news/general-news/6584/show/the-afnic-scientific-council-shares-its-report-on-dns-based-internet-filtering.html>

Apparently, the White House already said no to DNS mangling 
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/14/obama-administration-responds-we-people-petitions-sopa-and-online-piracy>

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