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Cloudflare Sued for Failing to Terminate Repeat Infringers
In a new complaint filed at a California federal court, Cloudflare stands accused of contributing to, aiding, and abetting copyright infringements. The company fails to terminate customers who are repeatedly called out and is therefore liable, the argument goes. The case in question was not filed by Hollywood or the major record labels, but by two manufacturers of wedding dresses.
[...] In 2016 Cloudflare was sued for contributory copyright infringement by adult publisher ALS Scan. This case ended in a confidential settlement this summer, but now there's more trouble on the horizon for the company.
The new threat doesn't come from any of the major entertainment industry players, but from two manufacturers and wholesalers of wedding dresses. Not a typical "piracy" lawsuit, but it's a copyright case that could have broad effects. In a complaint filed at a federal court in California, Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs argue that Cloudflare fails to terminate sites of counterfeit vendors after multiple warnings. This makes Cloudflare liable for the associated copyright infringements, they add.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday November 24 2018, @05:25AM (1 child)
Lots of it.
Whenever I find a CloudFlare-cached KiddiePr0n domain I report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center [ic3.gov].
The FBI focusses most of its effort on the Dark Web - Tor so far but there is also that Java dark web, whose name I don't recall just now - but to use the .onion domain is not really necessary; there is so much CP to be found on Bing's web and image search that its sheer numbers are generally sufficient to avoid attracting the authorities' attention to any one site.
City police and county sheriff's departments generally focus on those who are creating it, so that they can prosecute the state offenses of child molestation. But I remain puzzled that neither the FBI, the King County Washington Sheriff nor the Redmond Police Department have taken any action towards Microsoft.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @01:45PM
i2p i think, is it still active