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Originally Posted by Kevin-SFBucks
I would prefer that the government block access to sites that don't conform to US laws that are hosted outside the US. No reason they shouldn't be able to. That includes terrorist sites, pirate, p2p, obscene porn, etc.
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I think your solution to infringement causes more harm than good.
That would be an extremely dangerous thing for the future of the internet if a western country implemented the laws you are calling for. Governments should never have the power to censor internet content at their sole discretion in the name of protecting it's citizens and private business interests.
If the US does it, then everyone else follows. You may as well throw away all your .com's and get ready to be limited to .us, .co.uk, .co.au, .ca, etc... because things will snowball out of control and webmasters can't possibly tailor their site content to meet the individual demands of a hundred different countries with an internet presence.
For instance France and Germany have a ban on Nazi materials. Imagine if a GFY troll started posting Nazi propaganda here. Webmasters in those countries would be at risk of losing access to GFY. And that is just ONE example.