Court: Cloudflare is Liable for Pirate Site, But Not as a DNS Provider

https://torrentfreak.com/court-cloudflare-is-liable-for-pirate-site-but-not-as-a-dns-provider-231127/

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pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 2y

That's actually a reasonable verdict.

While DNS is a basic need, CDN is a luxury.

Poutinetown@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Does the verdict mention anything about the DNS service itself (buying a website through cloudflare and setting up records)? Or is it just concerning the public DNS resolver (1.1.1.1?)

marius851000@lemmy.mariusdavid.fr · 10 pts · 2y

This article clearly is just about the public DNS resolver. Using cloudflare to register a domain is well different, in particular cause it’ll play a “significant” role to make it accessible. (as 1. it is not neutral (you need to be a customer) and 2. Removing a registration will block it for everyone).