A new Republican-backed bill in Congress would require internet service providers, DNS providers, and virtual private networks to block access to foreign piracy sites. Under the proposal, rightsholders could obtain court orders that these companies would be legally obligated to honor, effectively outsourcing copyright enforcement to the firms that manage the internet's plumbing.
For businesses in the connectivity and VPN space, this represents a significant operational and legal burden. Compliance would involve implementing technical blocks, potentially at scale, while also navigating questions about jurisdiction and user privacy. The bill is still a proposal, and its path through Congress is uncertain, but it signals a renewed push to tackle piracy by targeting the infrastructure rather than the site operators themselves.