Leahy Offers to Remove Net-Altering DNS Redirects in Anti-Piracy Bill

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) said Thursday he is having second thoughts on a major provision of a bill he is sponsoring that would force changes to internet infrastructure to fight online copyright infringement. The legislation under the Protect IP Act mandates that ISPs alter records in the net's system for looking up website names, known as DNS, so that users couldn't navigate to the site.

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