DNS Block: Canal+ Sues Cloudflare, Google & Cisco to Fight Piracy
The music industry obtained a pioneering injunction to compel Danish ISPs to implement site-blocking measures back in 2006. The goal was to limit access to unlicensed Russian music download platform AllofMP3, but the action also represented the thin end of a site-blocking wedge still being tapped in today. Broadcaster and site-blocking proponent Canal+ believes that when service providers implement technical measures to prevent access...