Cloudflare won’t pay daily fines in France for leaving pirate sports sites reachable through its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver. A Paris court rejected a request from pay-TV provider Canal+ to penalize the company and accepted that Cloudflare only has to do what’s reasonable through its CDN. The ruling keeps one of the most popular public resolvers […]
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Quad9, a Swiss non-profit that runs a free public DNS resolver, is refusing to enforce a French court order that targets pirate sports streams, and it says it may stop serving France altogether. Broadcaster beIN Sports has asked a Paris court to fine the resolver up to 580,000 euros a day over the domains it […]
LaLiga has asked the European Commission to add four major VPN providers to its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List. The Spanish football league says third-party affiliate guides that show fans how to bypass geo-blocks and court-ordered site blocks turn those providers into more than neutral intermediaries. The request is part of the public consultation for […]
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the part of Utah’s age-verification law that treated a VPN user as a Utah user. Judge David Barlow found the “actual location” rule likely violates the U.S. Constitution because no website can track a masked connection with certainty. What Happened On September 24, U.S. District Judge David Barlow granted […]
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would let courts order large VPN providers to block foreign piracy sites, a change that could affect how millions of Americans use a VPN. The American Copyright Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa on September 16, 2026, names VPNs alongside broadband providers and DNS resolvers […]
Amazon launched the first five-service streaming bundle on Prime Video in the U.S. on September 15, 2026, packaging AMC+, BritBox, MGM+, PBS Masterpiece and STARZ for $29.99 a month. The price sits about 39% below what the five services cost on their own, and it’s the first time they have been sold together. The move […]
Amazon, Netflix and YouTube launched the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance on Sept. 14, 2026, a new lobbying coalition that will press Washington for rules that favor streaming viewers. The three companies want easier access to shows and live sports at a time when regulators are asking whether too many games are moving behind streaming […]
Canal+ and LaLiga signed an anti-piracy agreement on Sept. 11, 2026 that covers nearly 50 countries, joining their technology and investigators to shut down illegal football streams. The deal pairs one of Europe’s biggest broadcasters with Spain’s top football league, and it shows how hard rights holders are now pushing against the pirate services that […]
The NFL played its first-ever regular-season game in Australia on Sept. 10-11, 2026, with the San Francisco 49ers hosting the Los Angeles Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground – and it streamed exclusively on Netflix. For the first time, a live NFL regular-season game was a Netflix exclusive, with no extra charge for subscribers. That […]
A new UK report from the BeStreamWise anti-piracy campaign counts using a VPN to watch content that’s only available in other countries as illegal streaming. The definition sits alongside hacked Firesticks, torrents and social-media piracy in “The Price of Piracy,” which says illegal streaming costs UK broadcasters £1.35 billion a year. What Happened The report, […]
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