Cloudflare faces $26 million fine from Italian regulators for refusing to block pirate sites on public DNS resolver 1.1.1.1
Cloudflare has been fined 14.2 million euros (approximately 2.6 billion yen) by the Italian regulator AGCOM for failing to comply with an order to block access to pirate services from the public DNS resolver '1.1.1.1'.
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Cloudflare defies Italy's Piracy Shield, won't block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS - Ars Technica
Italy Fines Cloudflare €14 Million for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS * TorrentFreak
https://torrentfreak.com/italy-fines-cloudflare-e14-million-for-refusing-to-filter-pirate-sites-on-public-1-1-1-1-dns/
Cloudflare acts as a 'neutral third-party service provider' and provides services to not only general companies but also pirate sites, but copyright holders do not always support its position and there have been cases where it has been sued.
In a lawsuit filed in Italy, Cloudflare agreed to block access to pirate websites, but rejected the appeal against the interference with '1.1.1.1.'
Court orders Cloudflare to block pirate sites from public DNS resolver '1.1.1.1' - GIGAZINE
In 2024, Italy enacted a blocking system called 'Pirate Shield' to combat piracy of sports broadcasts and other content, aiming to block domains and IP addresses associated with piracy within 30 minutes. Since its launch in February 2024, 'Pirate Shield' has blocked 65,000 domains and 14,000 IP addresses.
AGCOM, the independent Italian authority that regulates the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors, launched an investigation after Cloudflare refused to comply with Italy's blocking regime, claiming that 'it is impossible to filter piracy with '1.1.1.1'.'
Cloudflare argued that filtering affects billions of queries per day and slows down services for legitimate users around the world due to network latency, but AGCOM argued that Cloudflare has the technical expertise and resources to block traffic. The court decided to impose a fine of 14,247,698 euros on Cloudflare for failing to comply with required anti-piracy measures.
TorrentFreak, a piracy news source, predicts that Cloudflare will definitely appeal.
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