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Back when the rule was changed to not allow blocking the serve I do recall the interpretation being that the block was only illegal if the ball was blocked back to the serving team's side. I don't know if that interpretation was ever officially changed to consider the block illegal immediately on contact. It certainly may have, I just can't confirm that it did change.
I think that I would have a much easier time justifying the illegal block call on a serve that stayed on the blocker's side of the net than I would allowing the play to continue.
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