[AusNOG] Internet companies forced to block The Pirate Bay, bittorrent websites in Australia, Federal Court rules

[Chris Deigan]

On Thu, 15 Dec 2016, at 04:59 PM, James Braunegg wrote:
> And how will this stop users from using 8.8.8.8 for DNS.
>  
> Again another pointless exercise.

Technically pointless, yes. But lets just allow the rights holders to
believe they've won this time.

It's a lot less painful than the alternative of devising an effective
blocking mechanism.