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Quad9 vows to fight “absurd” web-block injunction in France

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Quad9 • 2 min read

Quad9 vows to fight “absurd” web-block injunction in France

DNS resolver Quad9 has been hit with a web-blocking injunction in France, forcing it to block access to sports piracy sites following legal action by Canal+. However, Quad9 previously successfully appealed web-blocks requested by Sony Music in Germany and says it intends to do the same in France…

Chris Cooke • 13 Dec 2024

More anti-piracy web-blocks issued in France against Cloudflare and Google DNS resolvers

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Piracy • 3 min read

More anti-piracy web-blocks issued in France against Cloudflare and Google DNS resolvers

Earlier this year French broadcaster Canal+ secured a web-blocking order forcing three DNS resolvers to block access to sports piracy websites. On the back of that win it has secured yet more web-blocks, despite the tech companies insisting that forcing web-blocking on DNS resolvers is a bad idea…

Chris Cooke • 28 Nov 2024

OpenDNS pulls plug on France and Portugal after web-blocking injunctions targeting football piracy

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OpenDNS • 2 min read

OpenDNS pulls plug on France and Portugal after web-blocking injunctions targeting football piracy

In recent years the music industry has sought web-blocking injunctions against DNS resolvers as well as ISPs in its ongoing battle with online piracy. French broadcaster Canal+ did the same, and Cisco’s OpenDNS has responded by switching off its service entirely in both France and Portugal…

Chris Cooke • 01 Jul 2024