<ul><li>Expansion of legal efforts target standalone DNS resolvers for site blocking, with courts in France, Italy, and Belgium ordering OpenDNS, Cloudflare, and Google to redirect DNS queries from pirate sites.</li><li>OpenDNS drastically leaves France and Belgium after court orders to block pirate sites, impacting users. Cloudflare complies by showing an HTTP 451 error as an alternative mechanism to block content.</li><li>Google simply refuses DNS queries for blocked domains without notification, unlike Cloudflare. Transparency is lacking in Google's approach, while efforts to make blocking orders more transparent are underway.</li><li>Different responses from DNS resolvers reveal the ongoing challenges in implementing site-blocking measures via DNS. The need for transparency in these efforts remains crucial as the legal landscape evolves.</li></ul>

DNS Piracy Blocking Orders: Google, Cloudflare, and OpenDNS Respond Differently

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