Japanese manga publishers have declared victory over Cloudflare in a long-running copyright infringement liability dispute. Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha and Shogakukan say that Cloudflare’s refusal to stop manga piracy sites, meant they were left with no other choice but to take legal action. The Tokyo District Court rendered its decision this morning, finding Cloudflare liable for damages after it failed to sufficiently prevent piracy.
Cloudfare is not a monopoly, there are other providers.
yeah, if Cloudflare decides to switch off service in japan, there being other providers isn’t going to fix the economic damage that would happen.
Not to mention Cloudflare could potentially block all but important internet traffic to and from Japan, effectively removing Japan’s access to a huge chunk of the internet.
Do any of them implement blocking for piracy websites in the way that Japan wants?