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ISP Blocking of No-IP's Dynamic DNS Enters Week 2

9 hours ago
  • #Online Piracy
  • #Collective Punishment
  • #ISP Blocking
  • Legal dispute between record labels and Cox Communications over online piracy solutions.
  • Debate on whether collective punishment is fair for alleged piracy by one household member.
  • Spain's ISPs block hundreds of Cloudflare IPs weekly without transparency or warning.
  • Issues with NO-IP’s dynamic DNS service (ddns.net) in Spain due to court-ordered blocking.
  • Multiple ISPs in Spain (Digi, Movistar, MásOrange, Vodafone) confirm blocking but provide no details.
  • Users face disruptions accessing services like CCTV and VPNs due to secretive blocking measures.
  • Lack of transparency and indifference from ISPs leaves users struggling to find workarounds.
  • Blocking targets domains but avoids IP addresses, preventing worse collateral damage.
  • Spain's large-scale blocking is unique in Europe, raising concerns about EU regulations.