The bad news for anime consumers, series or films through piracy services emerged this weekend. It turns out that the government of USA It is promoting a bill that could block access to piracy sites from the country. The so-called “Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA)”, presented on January 29 by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, It would allow courts to order companies such as Google, Cloudflare, Comcast and AT&T to immediately block illegal streaming pages and piracy.
The goal? The protection of entertainment giants, such as Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Sony and Warner Bros. Discovery, who have been putting pressure to establish more strict measures against piracy. But how would this block work? If the law is approved, copyright owners may ask a judge to order the immediate blockade of a piracy site. The defendants will have 30 days to defend themselves, but if they do not respond, the court will give the green light to the restriction.
The accused piracy sites will have between 7 and 20 days to disappear from the map in the United States, depending on the type of content they transmit. And what will happen to the VPNS? Well, this is the most curious, since the law does not force companies to block access through VPNS, which means that those with basic knowledge of this technology could continue accessing these sites without problem (Well, obviously with less Internet speed).
«A decade ago, I was in the center of the successful effort to prevent the law against online piracy (soup) from becoming law. It was not because he supported the infraction of copyright, but because he supported an open internet. Now, after working for more than a year with the technological, cinematographic and television industries, we have reached a proposal that offers a solution against copyright offenders abroad without affecting the freedom on the Internet, except for the offenders themselves»Said representative Zoe Lofgren.
«These offenders, involved in foreign digital piracy, represent a huge and growing threat: they destroy jobs in the US, they damage the creative community and expose consumers to serious online safety risks. The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act is an intelligent and specific approach that prioritizes the security and protection of intellectual property, while respecting due process, freedom of expression and focuses solely on the real problem. The commitment arises when we sit down to discuss policy recommendations with workers, companies and users directly involved, and I appreciate the support of technological communities and content in this effort»He concluded.
While the entertainment industry applauds this project, users who use these pages to access the free content could be affected. Considering that the United States is one of the largest markets of consumers and that sites of this nature survive based on advertising, losing this amount of monthly visits would be practically a digital death sentence.
However, the bill is still in debate and is still pending approval. Meanwhile, piracy defenders argue that the real problem is not piracy, but that the premieres of each season are separated into different platforms and often it is not worth paying a complete service to see a single series. What will happen? Will it be the end of the golden era of pirate streaming, or just a new obstacle that these sites will learn to dodge?
Fountain: Deadline
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