Cloudflare doesn't block pirate sports streaming sites through its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver in France, only through its CDN. The Paris Judicial Court has now accepted that stance, rejecting Canal+'s request for penalties of €50,000 per site, per day. Interestingly, the court's conclusion relies on statistics provided by Canal+ itself.
Over the past two years, French courts have ordered a growing list of intermediaries to block access to pirate sports streams.
In addition to regular ISPs, the orders now target public DNS resolvers, VPN services, search engines and CDN providers, all of which can help people bypass existing blockades.
Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has received several of these orders. In April, the Paris Judicial Court ordered the company to block 21 domains linked to pirate Formula 1 streams and 16 linked to MotoGP.
