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Internet Engineers' Letter in Opposition to DNS Filtering Legislation

37 points| nhamann | 14 years ago |publicknowledge.org | reply

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[+] JoshTriplett|14 years ago|reply
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|reply
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|reply
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.