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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
What it's *intended* to block is not the issue. The question is what it'll be used to block--and what it *can* be used to block.
Can the Mitchell estate use it to try to take down sites that host Gone With The Wind? Can they demand download info, in order to go after US residents who download it Gutenberg Australia? from Can France's government use it to go after Google, for hosting books that are copyrighted in France? Can Disney use it to shut down Warner Brothers' forums where pictures of Disney characters are sometimes show in macros?
Can it be used to shut down YouTube entirely?
By removing the requirement of conviction in a court of law, it becomes a tool for whoever has the best C&D-writing lawyers.
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I think you may perhaps have misunderstood the purpose of this. This is not about "taking down" sites; it's about requiring UK ISPs to block access to them for their customers.