- Paris Court of Appeal ruled March 27, 2026 in favor of Canal+ in litigation targeting illicit streaming and IPTV services.
- Decision orders alternative DNS providers Google, Cloudflare, Cisco to block access to those services in France.
- Court found DNS-based blocking technically feasible, proportionate.
- Ruling supports Canal+ strategy to extend anti-piracy enforcement to technical intermediaries, including CDN, proxy, VPN providers.
- Canal+ flagged planned rollout of additional measures, including IP blocking.
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