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I wonder how a court in Germany can force a DNS provider that does NOT operate in Germany, but operates in e.g. China, Australia, Seychelles, Spain, USA, etc. t
by HenryBemis 3y ago
I wonder how a court in Germany can force a DNS provider that does NOT operate in Germany, but operates in e.g. China, Australia, Seychelles, Spain, USA, etc. to comply to the "block DDL-Music" (or any other website).
Perhaps Google via 8.8.8.8 and Clouflare via 1.1.1.1 are used by many, but definitely not ALL internet users.
https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/dns_server https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/dns_server
Cloudflare = 14.6
Google = 2.1
16.7% of the planet is a big number, but it is stupid-easy to bypass this and it wouldn't get them anywhere.
- InsomniacL 3y agoThe German court is not forcing Cloudflare to do anything with DNS. It's their CDN Cloudflare have been ordered to do something with as CF are essentially hosting part of the Pirate Site.
- dtx1 3y agoTheir longterm plan is to establish DNS liability and force the market leaders to implement blocking. Then, argue in court that DNS providers that do not conform to their blocking requests are illegal and must therefore be IP Blocked. First in Germany, then in the whole EU. When it comes to the Content Mafia: Assume the worst, then go from there.
- immibis 3y agoIf only Cloudflare wouldn't treat end users the way the copyright industry treats Cloudflare. We have de-facto IP address liability for Tor and VPNs - Cloudflare likes to block them, even if you are logged into a website with an account with a good reputation.