On November 15, the European Parliament issued a resolution that “Stresses the need to protect the integrity of the global internet and freedom of communication by refraining from unilateral measures to revoke IP addresses or domain names.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Operation In Our Sites has blocked domain names for websites run by European companies, and Congress is currently considering the Stop Online Piracy Act, which contains provisions related to further DNS Blocking.
Sources:
- European Parliament resolution on the EU-US Summit of 28 November 2011
- Jennifer Baker for Computer World. “European Parliament joins criticism of SOPA.” November 18, 2011.
- Ernesto for TorrentFreak. “EU Adopts Resolution Against US Domain Seizures.” November 17, 2011.
Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an economics PhD candidate.
