American Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare is pushing back against increasing calls to broaden pirate site blocking in the EU. The company notes that since similar efforts in Spain and Italy have resulted in extensive collateral damage, there's a need for more transparency and constructive collaboration on the anti-piracy front. Cloudflare also wants rightsholders to pay for their overblocking mistakes.

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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In Italy they are aiming to block not only soccer streams but any audiovisual content. And they are threatening to fine people using the sites, unlike before, when only the site owners could be prosecuted.

[–] Emi@ani.social 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are they gonna do mandatory full system checks of your pc or force your internet provider to hand over all your data? And go over every single torrent to make sure it's not pirated?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Go figure. Probably they are going to monitor traffic somehow to see if you visit certain websites and if you stay on them for too long, they flag you as a pirate. I'm not concerned, I browse the internet through a vpn.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Encrypted traffic and VPN use will be the next thing that flags you as a pirate and triggers a bigger search...

Good luck!

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

I remember reading a story about how the North Koreans would dig tunnels under the border. It took years and the ultimate goal was to dig all the way to Seoul. I remember feeling bad for all the time and man hours the North Korean state wasted on this stupid protect. This reminds me a lot of that.

[–] RhondaSandTits@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 weeks ago

TLDR version: Cloudflare want to be the reverse proxy for the entire fucking internet but don't want deal with the bullshit they should've seen a mile away.

Let 'em continue having to block their own IP addresses then maybe the wider internet will realize the need for more diversification in CDNs.

Yes, I know I'm posting in c/Piracy, but anarchy is fun too and I really want to see Cloudflare have it's wings clipped.