Internet Engineers' Letter in Opposition to DNS Filtering Legislation

Internet Engineers' Letter in Opposition to DNS Filtering Legislation(publicknowledge.org)

37 points by nhamann 14 years ago | 5 comments

This letter seems a bit myopic. Effectively, it says that the parts of the legislation that cut off sites from payment processors and other service providers seem just fine, as long as the legislation doesn't break DNS.

adunn 14 years ago | |

There's a slight chance that the government doesn't care about the bigger issue. I guess this would be like nailing a mobster for tax evasion.

1010101001 14 years ago | |

And the reason for that is the authors make their living through payouts from corporations for help with DNS.

If DNS becomes more "DIY" they will not be able to pay themselves, via tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporations, the same inflated annual salary. Their DNS consulting businesses will take a hit. And they'll no longer be able to charge thousands of dollars for giving presentations about DNS and its flaws.

dsl 14 years ago | | |

By your logic, they would be in full support of it.

Every internet provider would be buying new software, consulting services, etc. to comply with the law.