Yeah, I’m really mixed on this story. Why are they so insistent on not just blocking the sites? I don’t even really think a slippery slope is at play here. This is a very specific legal circumstance that doesn’t seem to have any chance of expanding to other forms of censorship.

Quad9 already states that they strongly oppose piracy, so just block the sites. The piracy sites will be fine.

I don’t think DNS is as neutral as Quad9 believes it is. DNS is like the sign for a business on the road and the domain registrar is like the building permit you get to build the sign. DNS is a way to find a website or business without even bothering with a search engine. Try typing in stamps.com, office.com, booking.com, weather.com.