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Lawmakers Introduce Site-Blocking Legislation To Curb Foreign Piracy

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House and Senate lawmakers are again turning their attention to major anti-piracy legislation, introducing a bill in which content owners can seek a court order to require that internet providers prevent access to foreign digital piracy sites. The Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property, or DEFEND IP Act, was introduced by lawmakers […]

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The new bill would allow the court to require restrictions on access to foreign resources.

The American Copyright Protection Act has been introduced in the US House of Representatives. The law is intended to give rights holders the ability to have foreign piracy sites blocked in the United States through a federal judge. Internet providers [read more] The article US wants to be able to block piracy sites nationwide from now on appeared first on Spreekbuis.nl.

A project presented in the U.S. Congress proposes that Internet providers, DNS and VPN block foreign services that distribute pirate content. Their rules do not clarify precisely what it means for a connection to come from the country, an ambiguity that could push for broader measures than expected.

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jocoreport.com broke the news on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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