Yes, well, the author seems to be blocking access to make a point about being forced to block access. Which is a bit, you know. Really? OK, I don't need to read your stuff, I can read literally hundreds of thousands of other pages on the internet without their authors throwing a tantrum.
The author has said, he blocked it because of UK regulations.
If UK is making authors be defensive and block their own stuff, or have legal charges, it is little backwards to blame the authors for the blocking.