issued on April 26 in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
If it's a district court judge, he doesn't have the authority to order any ISP outside his district to do anything, which he should well know if he's in that position.
I assume he's just doing what he was ordered to do. But even if they are in his district, can a judge compel someone to do work for free? This is like when the government said Apple needs to help them break into criminal/terrorists phones.
For an ISP under his jurisdiction, they could challenge the order. Especially since it it requires them to proactively block copycat sites in the future. Who determines if a site is a copycat or not?
You are right that the question hinges on when "cooperating with law enforcement" becomes "doing law enforcement's work for them for free".
If it's a district court judge, he doesn't have the authority to order any ISP outside his district to do anything, which he should well know if he's in that position.
I assume he's just doing what he was ordered to do. But even if they are in his district, can a judge compel someone to do work for free? This is like when the government said Apple needs to help them break into criminal/terrorists phones.
For an ISP under his jurisdiction, they could challenge the order. Especially since it it requires them to proactively block copycat sites in the future. Who determines if a site is a copycat or not?
You are right that the question hinges on when "cooperating with law enforcement" becomes "doing law enforcement's work for them for free".
If the state wants me to be an enforcer, they can put me on payroll... and I'm going to immediately quit.