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Cloudflare Must Block 'Piracy Shield' Domains and IP Addresses Across Its Service


An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In a landmark ruling, the Court of Milan has ordered (PDF) Cloudflare to block pirate streaming services that offer Serie A football matches. The court found that Cloudflare's services are instrumental in facilitating access to live pirate strea...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In a landmark ruling, the Court of Milan has ordered(PDF) Cloudflare to block pirate streaming services that offer Serie A football matches. [...] The Court of Milan's decision prohibits Cloudflare from resolving domain names and routing internet traffic to IP addresses of all services present on the "Piracy Shield" system. [...] The court ordered Cloudflare to cover the costs of the proceeding and if it doesn't implement the blocking requirements in time, an additional fine of 10,000 euros per day will apply.

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