Record companies score an important victory against Cloud Flamea company that provides services to, among other things Distributed DNS. Thanks to one of its DNS, the company allowed access to a large number of sites blocked by the Italian authorities.
The court of Milan had already asked the company to fulfill its legal obligations, in other words to stop providing a tool to circumvent the provisions of the Italian authorities. But the company had challenged the measure and filed an appeal.
This week the Court of Milan rejected the appeal filed by CloudFlare
With CloudFlare, Italian users have so far been able to access a large number of sites blocked or seized by Italian authorities. Users just had to download the DNS 1.1.1.1. In deciding to dismiss the appeal, CloudFlare will have to comply with the court order. Otherwise you risk a fine.
The Milan court rejected CloudFlare’s arguments about the content of the request and confirmed that the platform must comply with the order or at least face sanctions
reads the note released by the court.
The action against CloudFlare was coordinated by the IFPI, the world’s leading record industry lobby. Sony Music Entertainment Italy, Universal Music Entertainment Italy and Warner Music Italy were also interested parties.
Cloudflare, as well as other intermediaries offering similar services, should step up their efforts to prevent users from accessing illegal websites that should be blocked
said Enzo Mazza, CEO of the Italian Music Industry Federation (FIMI).
Source: Lega Nerd
