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Cloudflare isn't the company with too much power in the above scenario: La Liga is. CF isn't turning off access because they want to, it's because La Liga convi
by AdmiralAsshat 2y ago
Cloudflare isn't the company with too much power in the above scenario: La Liga is. CF isn't turning off access because they want to, it's because La Liga convinced a court that Cloudflare is promoting "piracy" with the various websites they host (some of which, constituting less than a rounding error of the overall sites they host, may host pirated soccer streams), and convinced a court to have Cloudflare blocked.
- dmix 2y agoTechnically LaLiga is only allowed to sue because the gov created aggressive IP/piracy rules, such as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_Sinde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_Sinde They were given those powers in court over Cloudflare via the Spanish government, with some help via a pressure campaign by US gov to protect US copyright globally.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoIf there was a viable competitor, then it wouldn’t matter so much if it was blocked or not…
- M3L0NM4N 2y agoThe same IP rules would apply to anybody hosting any site that could have the pirated streams...
- amarant 2y agoWhat makes you think the competitor wouldn't simply be blocked as well?
- MichaelZuo 2y agoBecause their policies, behavior, etc., likely wouldn’t be 100% identical.
- Dylan16807 2y agoThat's a bad thing in this case. I don't want website blocking to be easier.
- autoexec 2y agoThat said, Cloudflare absolutely has too much power. Centralizing the internet makes it fragile and maximizes the collateral damage caused by draconian copyright enforcement.