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[Starver]

The way around that is to add the domain name and IP address to your hosts file, and then access the site by name. Effectively a local, permanent DNS cache.

*Facepalms, now realising he'd missed the totally obvious solution to the previously stated problem...*

[Aklyon]

Experts throw facts at it, show why PROTECT IP will cause more problems.

[Aklyon]

Many IP Law and Internet Professors, 1 letter.

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The law professors also point out that blocking entire domains could "suppress vast amounts of protected speech containing no infringing content whatsoever" if an entire domain is blocked based on finding infringing material on a single subdomain. The Supreme Court has compared such over-broad censorship to "burning the house to roast the pig."

The letter also warns that passing legislation that violates America's free-speech principles will undermine the government's credibility when it tries to promote free speech principles around the world. America's strong support for Internet freedom has "made the United States the world leader in a wide range of Internet-related industries," the professors write. "Passage of the Act will compromise our ability to defend the principle of a single global Internet. As such, it represents the biggest threat to the Internet in its history."

Pointing out how bad it is and reminding them you can't have your cake and eat it too, in one letter.