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Wrong Logo, No Piracy Proof: French Court Rejects DNS Piracy Blocking Bids
- The Paris Judicial Court had previously ordered Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to block access to pirate websites by poisoning their DNS.
- Additional rightsholders like DAZN and beIN submitted similar requests targeting public DNS resolvers such as Cloudflare, Google, and Quad9.
- A new court order requested by beIN's French sister company targeted public DNS resolvers for allegedly resolving domain names linked to sports piracy.
- Domains like sporttvls.com and lshunter.net were alleged to broadcast unauthorized content, but insufficient proof led to denial of blocking requests.
- The court ruled that beIN failed to provide substantial evidence of 'grave and repeated' infringements to warrant blocking measures.
- Proof of infringing streams, such as displaying the beIN logo, was lacking for some domains like streamendous.online and techydeals.online.
- Google and Cloudflare disputed beIN's exclusive broadcast rights and challenged the evidence provided for blocking requests.
- Quad9, a DNS provider, did not participate in the legal battle due to resource constraints but stands against blocking actions.
- Despite recent opposition, rightsholders are extending DNS blocking requests across Europe and the United States.
- Google and Cloudflare are expected to vigorously oppose these efforts until all options are exhausted.
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