They can also allow service to anyone they want and accept the liability, whatever that may be for doing so, which is what they are doing. I'm not disagreeing

They can also allow service to anyone they want and accept the liability, whatever that may be for doing so, which is what they are doing. I'm not disagreeing with you, or trying to defend Cloudflare – I just see a very complicated situation, especially when you consider the DNS ecosystem, which in itself is extremely shady. You also run the risk of DMCA-style procedures that would require equal application across service providers and would undoubtedly be abused by bad actors.