8/17/2023 0 Comments Sites like video blocks![]() ![]() I'm not looking for "absolute protection" but I don't think that makes it "pointless" to try to categorise and block illegal sites - that is in fact one of the prime purposes of OpenDNS - to block sites based on useful categories like illegal activity, weaponry, etc., etc. And that's the problem - OpenDNS seems incapable of blocking sites that seem blatantly infringing without blocking many sites that are primarily not. Remember also that kids these days do tend to spend hours upon hours online (and often have unmanageable internet access on their GPRS/3G mobile devices anyway, but that's another issue!) and few adults have even close to the time to watch their kids' every move online because today's kids have so much free time that they spend online! So OpenDNS is supposed to help me block the majority of the bad stuff, with me just having to deal with the exceptions. But life is busy, there are 101 other life lessons I need to teach them, and so on and so on, and the reason I use OpenDNS is so I don't have to spend my WHOLE life sitting next to them as they surf. I have, of course, told them about illegal file use, have kicked them off the router any number of times, etc., and I do check my logs, etc., which is how I come across these things. It's annoying that there does not seem to be a *useful* OpenDNS category to block for such Thanks for your reply. I don't think anyone is going to get prosecuted for using youtube but I presume with these other sites it's pretty clear-cut that they are not distributing or pointing to material that they have the rights to, and people using them know that. Or they may merely be serving links to the videos elsewhere, which is why they can (temporarily) get away with it. I am not sure but assume it is all infringing, which is why they rename themselves constantly. The sites I find my kids using seem to be foreign-based sites whose *sole* purpose seems to be to maintain links to whole series of many current TV shows. I'm sure there's a lot of infringing material on YouTube, but they have a policy to take it down when informed, there is a lot of stuff that is fine, and many of the music videos, etc., are authorised, as I understand it (such as the "Vevo" ones, etc.) and act as marketing for the artists like radio airplay. What do I pick to block "primarily or solely infringing media Thanks for your comments. Is there seriously not a category in OpenDNS for blocking sites that seem to jump around/pop up and solely host or provide links to illegal content? There are so many I can't black or whitelist all of the required sites, and surely that is what OpenDNS is supposed to do for me - categorise the millions of sites so they can be blocked or allowed based on content *type*. Yet if I block movies it also blocks sites *about* movies (imdb, etc.), if I block TV it also blocks sites *about* tv (bbc, etc.) and if I block video sharing it blocks youtube (and all hell will break loose if I blocked that). or ones) came under video sharing, tv and/or movies. The last site of theirs I looked up (one of the watchseries. ![]() I've got the usual illegal categories blocked. I'm sure they are all infringing copyright, but OpenDNS doesn't seem to be able to help me block them. ![]() My kids are constantly finding new sites that offer links to tv streaming or movies online. ![]()
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