Despite pervasive claims that blocking websites with pirated content would “break the Internet,” numerous countries have done so with no impact on the health of the Internet and a significant reduction in digital piracy, writes Daniel Castro in The Hill. Policymakers should not accept the falsehood that blocking a website or taking other actions to shut down infringing sites equates to an assault on the security and reliability of the Internet as a whole. Instead, they should recognize that selective targeting of websites dedicated to infringement is an effective strategy to combat piracy.
