DNS Provider Quad9 Sees Piracy Blocking Orders as "Existential Threat"
Quad9, a Swiss non-profit DNS provider, faces an existential threat from legal battles over pirate site blocking, which it argues could lead to a less open, private, and centralized internet, with only large corporations able to afford the legal costs.
French courts ordered DNS providers like Quad9 to block pirate streaming sites. While big tech companies like Google and Cloudflare can manage compliance costs, small nonprofits like Quad9 face an existential threat. Quad9 warns this centralizes the internet in corporate hands and forces global application of national laws, since it can’t geo-target blocks.
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