Cloudflare, Content Companies Clash Concerning Pirate Site Judgment
Cloudflare and Israeli video content providers are at odds over Cloudflare's alleged role in now-defunct pirate video site Israel.tv. Cloudflare said it can't remove content from customers' websites, so the contempt motion against it for allegedly violating the default judgment…
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and permanent injunction awarded the plaintiffs in April is "puzzling," the cybersecurity services firm told the U.S. District Court in Manhattan Thursday in an opposition (docket 21-cv-11024). It said the contempt motion seeks to direct Cloudflare outside the injunction's scope even though the problem with the pirate site was resolved because Israel.tv is no longer available online. The content company plaintiffs said in the contempt motion if Cloudflare quit providing its content delivery network services provided to Israell.tv "then the infringing service might be prevented from continuing its illegal conduct."