Wrong Logo, No Piracy Proof: French Court Rejects DNS Piracy Blocking Bids
In May last year, the Paris Judicial Court ordered Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to block access to several pirate websites by effectively poisoning their DNS. The order, requested by Canal+, compelled the tech giants to modify their resolvers or take measures that had that effect, to prevent users from accessing unauthorized sports streams. In the months that followed, additional rightsholders such as DAZN and beIN joined in on the...