This kind of thing used to happen with map makers, for 1000 years. Their solution was to make random small inaccuracies so they could detect when their maps were being stolen. Additionally, Google has been doing this to small start ups in 3rd world countries for years.

This was an over produced decision, that should have been left to dealing with ignoring the cease and desist letter, instead of setting a president for banning VPNs and proxies, potentially.