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Well, it is connected because it has to do with cloud flare being a common carrier or not. If cloud flare hadn't effectively given up its status as a common ca
by stale2002 9y ago
Well, it is connected because it has to do with cloud flare being a common carrier or not.
If cloud flare hadn't effectively given up its status as a common carrier, by blocking stormfront, maybe it would have been able to defend itself from the sci-hub court order.
Cloudflare being forced to take down content in the future is exactly what people predicted when they decided to give up their status as a common carrier.
- hedora 9y agoThey were never a common carrier. “Common carrier” is a well-defined legal term that does not apply to them. In related news, I did not give up my status as a fish by breathing air.
- stale2002 9y agoTell that to Cloudflare. They are trying very hard to be a common carrier, because they want the legal protections that it provides them. But, because of their actions, they've lost the court cases, and are unlikely to recieve that status.