Japanese manga publishers have declared victory over Cloudflare in a long-running copyright infringement liability dispute. Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha and Shogakukan say that Cloudflare's refusal to stop manga piracy sites, meant they were left with no other choice but to take legal action. The Tokyo District Court rendered its decision this morning, finding Cloudflare liable for damages after it failed to sufficiently prevent piracy.

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[–] __siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Or they could potentially ban Cloudflare from having servers/property in Japan. Which considering the economic importance of Japan in the Asian sector, might actually be something Cloudflare would want to avoid.

[–] docus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I’m guessing Japan would also want to avoid that.

[–] arararagi@ani.social 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Cloudfare is not a monopoly, there are other providers.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 6 points 2 hours ago

yeah, if Cloudflare decides to switch off service in japan, there being other providers isn't going to fix the economic damage that would happen.

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

Do any of them implement blocking for piracy websites in the way that Japan wants?