From Torrentfreak · · 1m 30s
Cloudflare Avoids French Penalties for DNS Blocking
Cloudflare escapes French court penalties after failing to block pirate sports streams via DNS.
In brief
Cloudflare escapes French court penalties after failing to block pirate sports streams via DNS. Cloudflare avoids €50,000 daily penalties from French courts for not blocking pirate sports streams through its DNS resolver. Originally reported by Torrentfreak.
French courts order intermediaries to block pirate streams
French courts have ordered intermediaries including dns resolvers and cdn providers to block access to pirate sports streams over two years.
Cloudflare receives blocking orders for 21 f1 and 16 motogp domains
In april, the paris judicial court ordered cloudflare to block 21 domains linked to pirate formula one streams and 16 linked to motogp streams.
Canal+ claims cloudflare blocked only 72.6% of sites
Canal+ argued cloudflare blocked only 72.6% of the domains the court ordered it to block, with two of three blocked sites back online a week later.
Court rules cloudflare compliance is sufficient
The court found cloudflare’s use of cdn for blocking is sufficient and not responsible for sites switching to other cdns or mirror sites.
Cloudflare avoids €50,000 daily penalties
Cloudflare will not be penalized under these orders despite not blocking sites through its public dns resolver, as the court deemed the penalties unnecessary and disproportionate.
Cloudflare blocks 1,238 domains via cdn in france
Cloudflare geoblocked 1,238 domains in france in the second half of 2025 through its cdn service under a single court order.
Cloudflare maintains 1.1.1.1 is not blocking content
Cloudflare has not blocked any content through its public dns resolver 1.1.1.1 despite french and italian court orders.
The big picture
Cloudflare avoids €50,000 daily penalties from French courts for not blocking pirate sports streams through its DNS resolver.
