France Escalates War on Sports Piracy with Real-Time IP Blocking (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Pro@reddthat.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The French Senate has passed a new anti-piracy bill that opens the door to automated IP-address blocking. This legislative push is bolstered by a parallel, "secret" agreement between sports rightsholders and major ISPs, which aims to automate anti-piracy efforts and streamline direct blocking requests. Rightsholders hope these new powers will help to tackle the "mafia-like" piracy economy.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

The blocking system can be real-time without the source list being updated immediately upon change evaluation requests.

Such lists will most definitely have false positives added, and way too many outdated entries because nobody managing them or requesting changes has an interest or investment in keeping the list up-to-date (beyond adding new entries for themselves) and narrow.

Even with juridical review, I'm not very hopeful about its quality in terms of technical expertise and nuanced and appropriate application.