In an ongoing escalation of its fight against online sports piracy, media giant Canal+ secured court orders compelling DNS providers Quad9 and Vercara to block access to pirate streaming sites in France. Quad9 says that it's determined to appeal what it sees as an absurd application of copyright law. For now, however, it will block the targeted domain names globally.

French Piracy Blocking Order Goes Global, DNS Service Quad9 Vows to Fight * TorrentFreak

Canal+ has secured court orders compelling DNS providers Quad9 and Vercara to block access to pirate streaming sites.

^{Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)}