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by mindstab 5315 days ago
Is there really infrastructure available for this yet? Also "All Internet search engines"... Possibly the judge underestimates how many there are out there who will never even hear of this ruling without horrible SOPA legislature and infrastructure in place. Till then they can't seriously expect random search engine in my bedroom to track all legal rulings in this space. This is fantastically impossible.

And it raises the point of how tricky it will be to even suggest enforcing SOPA with out providing massive centralized services listing blocked sites etc.
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angli 5315 days ago
I'm totally against the idea to begin with, but wouldn't it just be easier to seize the domains and have them redirect to the "proper" site? Why get the search engines involved at all?

On a related note, does it become in the social/search/social search giants' interest to take on the cases and attempt to overturn these decisions at some point? It would provide better results, for one, as well as lessen the technical burden of suppressing these sites.

I expect that the times we live in are ultimately going to be a "trial by fire" for the tech industry. The result, I think, is probably that Google, Facebook, etc. conduct extensive lobbying, and other massive PR operations, to gain the support of both users and government officials. For the companies of the future though, this is probably great: a Congress where the size, economic impact and mindshare of tech is noted, and laws are passed accordingly.

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Joakal 5315 days ago
It is possible with Google to de-index websites. Look up Google chilling effects warnings. The judge can take it to mean that any search engines not complying are in contempt.
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_delirium 5315 days ago
I'm no lawyer, but to be held in contempt of a court order, don't you actually have to be specifically named in the court order and notified of it?
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mindstab 5315 days ago
Which now means with out central infrastructure, it's going to be mighty challenging for any new search start ups to not get sued in the states
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stfu 5315 days ago
Does anyone know how this is handled at Google with their different data centers i.e. are the sites going to be indexed in the UK version?
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