Cloudflare Avoids French Penalties, Keeps 1.1.1.1 Free of Piracy Blocking

A Paris court rejected Canal+'s request to fine Cloudflare €50,000 per day for not fully blocking pirate Formula 1 and MotoGP streams. The court ruled that CDN-level blocking is sufficient, leaving Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver untouched.

• Canal+ sought €50,000 per day for each site left accessible
• Cloudflare blocked only via its CDN, not its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver
• Court deemed Cloudflare's measures reasonable and denied penalties
• Cloudflare geoblocked 1,238 domains in France in H2 2025