ALS Scan, an adult entertainment network, has filed a lawsuit against the well-known company Cloudflare, accusing her of collaborating with pirated websites.
ALS Scan, is an adult entertainment network based in the US. He filed a lawsuit in her court Californiaς, κατηγορώντας την Cloudflare, a leading CDN and network security services provider, that it is helping online piracy. It claims that Cloudflare helps pirate websites stay online by providing them with technical support as well as the underlying infrastructure of server her.
Το ALS Scan αναφέρει ότι έχει κοινοποιηθεί στην Clοudflare πολλές φορές το γεγονός ότι αρκετοί από τους πελάτες της, στους οποίους περιλαμβάνεται και το Pirate Bay, έχουν παραβεί το νόμο της φιλοξενίας σε servers και ότι με την στάση της βοηθάει στην διάδοση υλικού με προστασία πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων και εμπορικών σημάτων. θεωρεί ότι η Clοudflare κάνει τα στραβά μάτια στο “The Pirate Bay” αλλά και σε πολλούς άλλους πειρατικούς δικτυακούς τόπους.
This lawsuit, in addition to Cludflare, also mentions Tiger Media, an adult advertising agency running Juicy advertisements. Specifically, Tiger Media helps pirate websites stay alive by providing them with a steady stream of revenue, even if these sites are clearly involved in illegal activities.
The lawsuit was filed on July 11, 2016, but only recently came to light from TorrentFreak. On the same day, the Electronic Frontier Foundation published an article entitled “Cloudflare protects Internet users by insisting on a court order before blocking customers".
It is, of course, not the first time Cludflare has been accused of protecting shadow web sites. In recent years, and in particular following the terrorist attacks in Paris since last November, Cludflare has provided DDoS with protection on websites related to ISIS.
A positive decision about ALS Scan in this case will open the door for copyright owners to intimidate such companies other than CDN providers like Cloudflare to stop business with pirate sites.
