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Cloudflare Blocks Pirate Site URLs "For Legal Reasons"
(torrentfreak.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2024
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So much for net neutrality.
It was my understanding that “net neutrality” revolved mainly around ISPs and their “common carrier” status. Specifically not being able to create “fast lanes” or other shaping and pricing decisions around content. This would also give them some shielding around content by ensuring they treated all information “equally”.
Based on that, I’m curious how your statement applies given that CloudFlare is not an ISP, but rather a paid for service that is not required to access the internet.
That is correct, I made a not very precise comment. However, Cloudflare is the defacto CDN of the internet and therefore they should be considered an ISP with monopoly status. Therefore some neutrality regulation should apply (although I realize that nobody will make regulation to keep illegal content online, which is understandable). And this decision should not be made by assumed copyright holders via DMCA, but by some type of jurisdiction.
Tell that to the 12345678x captchas and "unblock challenge" notices I get whenever I try to browse common sites on the internet!
that's not what net neutrality is