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Republican House Representative Darrell Issa is working on the introduction of the 'American Copyright Protection Act' (ACPA), a new bill that would enable copyright holders to request site blocking orders against foreign pirate sites. A discussion draft shows that the proposed framework has key differences compared to the FADPA bill introduced by Rep. Lofgren earlier this year. Both bills target DNS resolvers, however, which has several tech companies worried.| TorrentFreak
The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act aims to bring site-blocking to the U.S. It will face competition from a second bill with similar goals.| TorrentFreak
Pirate site blocking orders are a step closer to reality in the U.S., after Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act.| TorrentFreak