Cloudflare Keeps 1.1.1.1 Out of Piracy Blocking, Escapes Penalties in France

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.

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Pirate App MovieBox Passes 300 Million Downloads as Rightsholders Alert EU

Pirate streaming app MovieBox has been downloaded more than 300 million times from Palm Store, the app store that's preinstalled on Tecno, Infinix and itel…

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Piracy

Denuvo Asks Court to Unmask Game Cracker ‘voices38’, Reveals Crypto Transactions

Denuvo has asked a California federal court for permission to subpoena Discord, Valve and Reddit, hoping to unmask the anonymous game cracker 'voices38.' The anti-piracy…

October 6, 2026, 10:07 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

DNS Resolver Quad9 Rejects French Piracy Blocks, Weighs Exit as beIN Seeks Up to €580K a Day

DNS resolver Quad9 is considering pulling out of France after broadcaster beIN Sports asked a Paris court to impose non-compliance penalties that could go up…

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 10/05/2026

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Coyote vs. Acme' tops the chart,…

October 5, 2026, 00:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Law and Politics

Two U.S. Site-Blocking Bills Compete Over VPN Rules and ISP Liability

The two competing pirate site-blocking bills that were introduced in Congress recently take different approaches. While Rep. Darrell Issa's ACPA targets VPNs and provides broad…

October 3, 2026, 20:11 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Alleged Kemo IPTV Operator Faces Criminal Prosecution in Dubai Following ACE Complaint

An alleged operator of pirate IPTV services Kemo IPTV and Lemo TV faces criminal prosecution in Dubai, following a complaint from anti-piracy coalition ACE. The…

October 2, 2026, 07:04 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Technology

LaLiga Wants Major VPNs on EU Piracy Watch List Over Affiliate Marketing

Months after a Spanish court refused to fine NordVPN over IP blocking, LaLiga is now raising its concerns with the European Commission. The football league…

September 30, 2026, 10:20 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

IFPI Wants Open Source YouTube Downloader yt-dlp on EU Piracy Watch List

Music industry group IFPI has asked the European Commission to add the popular open source YouTube download tool yt-dlp to its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch…

September 29, 2026, 09:33 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Cloudflare Keeps 1.1.1.1 Out of Piracy Blocking, Escapes Penalties in France

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Denuvo Asks Court to Unmask Game Cracker ‘voices38’, Reveals Crypto Transactions

DNS Resolver Quad9 Rejects French Piracy Blocks, Weighs Exit as beIN Seeks Up to €580K a Day

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Two U.S. Site-Blocking Bills Compete Over VPN Rules and ISP Liability

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