Google, Cloudflare, Cisco Lose Pirate Site DNS Blocking Appeal in France

The Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed that third-party DNS providers can be legally compelled to block access to domain names to stop piracy. The DNS providers countered that such measures are technically burdensome and easily bypassed. However, the court ruled that the intermediaries must act nonetheless and pick up the bill themselves. This is a clear win for Canal+, which pioneered the blocking expansion.