[CPWG] Sony Wins Pirate Site Blocking Order Against DNS-Resolver Quad9

[Justine Chew]

On the basis of a lack of familiarity with this case ...... it begs the
question, did Sony go after the German pirate site directly? If it did,
then what happened there? And if it did not, I wonder why not (instead of
seeking to injunct only one DNS resolver service provider)?

Justine


On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 at 07:02, Bill Woodcock via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org> wrote:

>
>
> > On Jun 25, 2021, at 12:32 AM, Bill Woodcock via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Signed PGP part
> >
> >
> >> On Jun 25, 2021, at 12:25 AM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via CPWG <
> cpwg at icann.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> An interesting development. In the US, the CIA/FBI just block the site
> either through DNS or through the hosting provider.
> >
> > But not through the recursive resolver.  Through the registrar,
> typically, which actually has a relationship with one of the parties to the
> infringement (or whatever’s at issue).
> >
> >> Now this case happens in Europe and in Germany, out of all places.
> >
> > It’s not surprising at all.  That specific court in Hamburg was chosen
> very deliberately, for the same reason the equivalent patent actions take
> place in Marshall, Texas.
> >
> >> I do note that the "service" is not just a public resolver, but it
> pertains to block out malware and phishing. Thus Sony won the case.
> >
> > That had nothing to do with it.  Sony began this process thirty-five
> days after we moved out from behind the shield of the Northern California
> district courts, which continues to protect all of the other large
> recursive resolvers.
>
> And, FWIW, we just posted the injunction:
>
> https://quad9.net/news/blog/quad9-and-sony-music-german-injunction-status
>
>                                 -Bill
>
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