Court upholds Belgian pirate DNS blocking order, OpenDNS exit looms

The Brussels court rejected a lawsuit by Cloudflare, Google, and Cisco against the requirement to block pirate domains at the level of public DNS resolvers. Cisco will again withdraw OpenDNS from Belgium, with fines for non-compliance up to €100,000 per day and up to €20 million per company.

• Court rejected DNS providers' lawsuit, domain blocking remains in force
• Fine up to €100,000 per day, but only on days of live DAZN matches
• Maximum fine per company €20 million, blocking starts 90 minutes before match
• Cisco to withdraw OpenDNS from Belgium and intends to appeal