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Cloudflare Appeals €14.2M Fine Over Piracy Block Orders

3/19/2026

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Cloudflare, Inc. appeals Italy's €14.2 million fine imposed for refusing to block access to certain websites under Piracy Shield.
Piracy Shield requires network operators to block domains within 30 minutes of copyright notices to combat pirated live sports streams.
Cloudflare says the fine is excessive because it was calculated on global revenue rather than Italian earnings and notes that a blocking order would harm DNS resolution.

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Cloudflare, Inc. appeals Italy's €14.2 million fine imposed for refusing to block access to certain websites under Piracy Shield.
Piracy Shield requires network operators to block domains within 30 minutes of copyright notices to combat pirated live sports streams.
Cloudflare says the fine is excessive because it was calculated on global revenue rather than Italian earnings and notes that a blocking order would harm DNS resolution.