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  "title": ".legal · tldlog",
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  "description": "Laws, regulation, domain disputes under the UDRP, and trademarks.",
  "language": "en",
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    {
      "id": "https://tldlog.com/l/quad9-resists-french-pirate-site-blocking-order-faces-huge/",
      "url": "https://tldlog.com/l/quad9-resists-french-pirate-site-blocking-order-faces-huge/",
      "external_url": "https://torrentfreak.com/dns-resolver-quad9-rejects-french-piracy-blocks-weighs-exit-as-bein-seeks-up-to-e580k-a-day/?utm_source=tldlog.com&utm_medium=referral",
      "title": "Quad9 resists French pirate-site blocking order, faces huge daily fines from beIN",
      "content_html": "<p>Swiss DNS resolver Quad9 has not blocked any of the 58 domains a Paris court ordered it to restrict for French users, prompting broadcaster beIN Sports to seek penalties of up to €580,000 per day.</p><p>Source: <a href=\"https://torrentfreak.com/dns-resolver-quad9-rejects-french-piracy-blocks-weighs-exit-as-bein-seeks-up-to-e580k-a-day/?utm_source=tldlog.com&amp;utm_medium=referral\">torrentfreak.com</a></p>",
      "summary": "Swiss DNS resolver Quad9 has not blocked any of the 58 domains a Paris court ordered it to restrict for French users, prompting broadcaster beIN Sports to seek penalties of up to €580,000 per day.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-10T06:40:29Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-10-10T11:24:40Z",
      "tags": [
        ".legal"
      ],
      "language": "en"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tldlog.com/l/new-us-site-blocking-bill-targets-isps-dns-resolvers-exempts/",
      "url": "https://tldlog.com/l/new-us-site-blocking-bill-targets-isps-dns-resolvers-exempts/",
      "external_url": "https://torrentfreak.com/unified-u-s-site-blocking-bill-targets-isps-and-dns-resolvers-but-spares-vpns/?utm_source=tldlog.com&utm_medium=referral",
      "title": "New US site-blocking bill targets ISPs and DNS resolvers, exempts VPNs",
      "content_html": "<p>Senator Thom Tillis and Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the DEFEND IP Act, a bicameral bill letting copyright holders obtain court orders to block foreign pirate sites via large ISPs and public DNS resolvers like Cloudflare, while exempting VPN services.</p><p>Source: <a href=\"https://torrentfreak.com/unified-u-s-site-blocking-bill-targets-isps-and-dns-resolvers-but-spares-vpns/?utm_source=tldlog.com&amp;utm_medium=referral\">torrentfreak.com</a></p>",
      "summary": "Senator Thom Tillis and Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the DEFEND IP Act, a bicameral bill letting copyright holders obtain court orders to block foreign pirate sites via large ISPs and public DNS resolvers like Cloudflare, while exempting VPN services.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-10T06:39:20Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-10-10T06:39:20Z",
      "tags": [
        ".legal"
      ],
      "language": "en"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tldlog.com/l/paris-court-rejects-canal-bid-daily-fines-against-cloudflare/",
      "url": "https://tldlog.com/l/paris-court-rejects-canal-bid-daily-fines-against-cloudflare/",
      "external_url": "https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-keeps-1-1-1-1-out-of-piracy-blocking-escapes-penalties-in-france/?utm_source=tldlog.com&utm_medium=referral",
      "title": "Paris court rejects Canal+ bid for daily fines against Cloudflare",
      "content_html": "<p>A Paris court refused Canal+&#39;s request for up to €50,000 a day in penalties against Cloudflare over piracy blocking of Formula 1 and MotoGP streams, ruling that Cloudflare&#39;s CDN-based blocking met its legal obligations even though its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver remained unblocked.</p><p>Source: <a href=\"https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-keeps-1-1-1-1-out-of-piracy-blocking-escapes-penalties-in-france/?utm_source=tldlog.com&amp;utm_medium=referral\">TorrentFreak</a></p>",
      "summary": "A Paris court refused Canal+'s request for up to €50,000 a day in penalties against Cloudflare over piracy blocking of Formula 1 and MotoGP streams, ruling that Cloudflare's CDN-based blocking met its legal obligations even though its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver remained unblocked.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-10T06:24:25Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-10-10T06:24:25Z",
      "tags": [
        ".legal"
      ],
      "language": "en"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tldlog.com/l/udrp-over-ollith-com-fails-despite-suspiciously-fast/",
      "url": "https://tldlog.com/l/udrp-over-ollith-com-fails-despite-suspiciously-fast/",
      "external_url": "https://domaingang.com/domain-law/ollith-com-udrp-domain-grab-survives-premature-trademark-claim/?utm_source=tldlog.com&utm_medium=referral",
      "title": "UDRP over Ollith.com fails despite suspiciously fast registration",
      "content_html": "<p>Glenn Richard Meridth lost a UDRP complaint against Ollith.com, registered with Dominet (HK) Limited, after filing it just three days after applying for the OLLITH trademark. The panel denied the complaint without prejudice, citing no proven trademark rights yet.</p><p>Source: <a href=\"https://domaingang.com/domain-law/ollith-com-udrp-domain-grab-survives-premature-trademark-claim/?utm_source=tldlog.com&amp;utm_medium=referral\">DomainGang</a></p>",
      "summary": "Glenn Richard Meridth lost a UDRP complaint against Ollith.com, registered with Dominet (HK) Limited, after filing it just three days after applying for the OLLITH trademark. The panel denied the complaint without prejudice, citing no proven trademark rights yet.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-07T06:19:41Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-10-07T06:19:41Z",
      "tags": [
        ".legal"
      ],
      "language": "en"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tldlog.com/l/udrp-panel-orders-iqcrack-com-transferred-philip-morris-over/",
      "url": "https://tldlog.com/l/udrp-panel-orders-iqcrack-com-transferred-philip-morris-over/",
      "external_url": "https://domaingang.com/domain-law/iqcrack-com-udrp-web-site-content-turns-two-letter-overlap-into-trademark-targeting/?utm_source=tldlog.com&utm_medium=referral",
      "title": "UDRP panel orders IQCrack.com transferred to Philip Morris over IQOS links",
      "content_html": "<p>Philip Morris Products won a UDRP case against IQCrack.com, a Taiwan-based online shop, after a WIPO panel ruled the site&#39;s content deliberately evoked the IQOS heated tobacco brand despite the domain sharing only two letters with the trademark.</p><p>Source: <a href=\"https://domaingang.com/domain-law/iqcrack-com-udrp-web-site-content-turns-two-letter-overlap-into-trademark-targeting/?utm_source=tldlog.com&amp;utm_medium=referral\">DomainGang</a></p>",
      "summary": "Philip Morris Products won a UDRP case against IQCrack.com, a Taiwan-based online shop, after a WIPO panel ruled the site's content deliberately evoked the IQOS heated tobacco brand despite the domain sharing only two letters with the trademark.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-07T05:18:42Z",
      "date_modified": "2026-10-07T05:18:42Z",
      "tags": [
        ".legal"
      ],
      "language": "en"
    }
  ]
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