{"id":11203,"date":"2024-02-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2024-01-31T04:40:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:40:25","slug":"cloudflare-an-update-on-the-cdns-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/en\/cloudflare-an-update-on-the-cdns-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudflare: an update on the CDN&#8217;s position"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11203\" class=\"elementor elementor-11203 elementor-11180\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc0c004 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"cc0c004\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6680862 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6680862\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ve already mentioned the importance of <strong>CDNs<\/strong>\u00a0 for websites (Content Delivery Networks); nowadays, the majority of the world&#8217;s traffic goes through these services, which enable content to be distributed more efficiently. To a certain extent, <strong>CDNs also protect sites, particularly against DDOS attacks<\/strong>, and this is one of their greatest assets. One of the best-known CDNs is <strong>Cloudflare,<\/strong> a company that allows anyone with an Internet presence to enjoy faster, more secure sites. But this CDN also has a somewhat <strong>shady reputation:<\/strong> more than <strong>80% of the world&#8217;s pirated content traffic is known to hide behind a Cloudflare.<\/strong> We wrote about its role in piracy a while ago. How has the situation evolved since then?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b7880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"43b7880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-756f0bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"756f0bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcd18ac\" data-id=\"fcd18ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-285d3ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"285d3ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cloudflare and IP blocking<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8bb2c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8bb2c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21733ef\" data-id=\"21733ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5940e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5940e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>After an ambivalent stance on the ultra-right Kiwi farms site in 2022<\/strong>, Cloudflare has repeatedly reiterated its desire not to be an &#8220;internet police&#8221;. They regularly reiterate that <strong>they are not a government, and are therefore not in a position to make decisions about content.<\/strong> They also frequently emphasize that there is a clear distinction between hosts and intermediaries. According to them, <strong>since intermediaries have no control over their clients&#8217; content, they have no responsibility for what is published on their clients&#8217; sites<\/strong>, and no legitimacy to moderate them. They could not therefore be accused of encouraging illegal behavior as a result. Yet the majority of governments are increasingly taking the position that intermediaries are precisely the best to put a stop to their customers&#8217; illegal activities. Moreover, the proportionality of the measure is respected: indeed, blocking injunctions are territorial, reflecting the territorial nature of intellectual property rights.<\/p><p>The company cites the case of <strong>Austria<\/strong> as an illustration: following a ruling by the Austrian Supreme Court on IP blocking, overblocking of sites was observed. Cloudflare uses this single example &#8211; when the same measure has been applied in many countries without any problems &#8211; to take a strong stance against this measure. However, when removal at source (which is, in principle, a better and less costly solution) is ineffective, there must be some other way of dealing with resistant sites; <strong>that&#8217;s where IP blocking comes in, and it&#8217;s a long, costly and highly litigious process.<\/strong> It&#8217;s obviously a <strong>last-resort solution<\/strong> for rights holders, and it&#8217;s also the best solution for broadcasting live content: even a willing host will often take a few hours to respond to a request. By that time, the illegally broadcast match or concert will already be long over.<\/p><p><strong>Cloudflare&#8217;s position on IP blocking is therefore clearly ideological, and very much in favor of pirates and in support of illegal sites.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2bab5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c2bab5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7910faf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7910faf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cloudflare-2024-graph-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11230\" alt=\"cloudflare infographic : growth and cloudflare role in piracy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cloudflare-2024-graph-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cloudflare-2024-graph-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cloudflare-2024-graph.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dca7ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9dca7ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567d07d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"567d07d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db5e282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db5e282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What responsibility for intermediaries? \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbaea84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dbaea84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2049d67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2049d67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If we take the example of Cloudflare and <strong>The Pirate Bay<\/strong>, for example, the famous Swedish piracy site,<strong> Cloudflare currently provides services to 4 of TPB&#8217;s 14 domain<\/strong><\/p><p>If we were to imagine how a CDN might react, Cloudflare could, for example, refuse to provide services to obviously high-risk sites, or, if they are already among its customers, move them at least temporarily to <strong>quarantined spaces.<\/strong> In the Kiwi Farms case, for example, <strong>the harassment had gone so far that transactivist video game developer Chloe Sagal ended up committing public suicide<\/strong>, immolating herself in a public park in 2018. Similarly, <strong>Clara Sorrenti<\/strong>, also a trans woman, had been forced to<strong> flee Canada because of threats to her life received from Kiwi Farms users.<\/strong> In particular, they used the site to exchange personal data about Sorrenti, including her physical address. Cloudflare&#8217;s position and their alleged protection of privacy is therefore unacceptable, even if they ended up refusing their services to Kiwi Farms following a report on NBC which highlighted the responsibility of intermediaries in this kind of drama.<\/p><p>Most people, including the victims of harassment themselves, understand Cloudflare&#8217;s position in part: indeed, nobody wants to live in a world where private companies decide what should and shouldn&#8217;t be online. <strong>However, there must be limits, and these limits must be defined by governments:<\/strong> when real, serious threats to people&#8217;s lives, for example, intermediaries have a duty to intervene. Even if the harassment or piracy doesn&#8217;t disappear with one of these sites, it becomes more difficult for those engaging in such behavior to organize themselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15672d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"15672d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d121853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d121853\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cdn-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11226\" alt=\"CDN role in piracy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cdn-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cdn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agencepdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cdn.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-479c443 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"479c443\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cee4a17\" data-id=\"cee4a17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f39ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"40f39ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-326d4f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"326d4f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b08ae43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b08ae43\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eed46bf\" data-id=\"eed46bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee35996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee35996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>We&#8217;ll be back in mid-February to continue our theme on Cloudflare and CDNs. In our next article, we&#8217;ll be looking at ways of making intermediaries more accountable. In the meantime, if you have a film, series, software or e-book to protect, don&#8217;t hesitate to call on our services by contacting one of our account managers; PDN has been a pioneer in cybersecurity and anti-piracy for over ten years, and we&#8217;re bound to have a solution to help you. Happy reading and see you soon!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1722338 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1722338\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d14c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85d14c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81e77c2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81e77c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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