From ISP to DNS and VPNs: Rightsholders must be liable for collateral damage in piracy blocking, European ISP group says
- European ISPs urge the EU to hold rightsholders financially liable for taking down innocent websites
- Aggressive anti-piracy blocking in Italy, Spain, France has caused widespread collateral damage
- EuroISPA warns that extending blocking orders to DNS and VPN providers is technically flawed and legally disproportionate
Aggressive site blocking by copyright holders is breaking the internet, and Europe's internet service providers (ISPs) want those rightsholders to foot the bill.
In a recent submission to the European Commission, EuroISPA, an umbrella group representing over 3,300 European ISPs, has strongly criticized the collateral damage caused by imprecise anti-piracy campaigns.
Grounded in research including an April 2026 study by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), the organization is officially demanding that copyright holders who cause excessive network outages be held accountable and pay for the resulting damages.
For the average user, this growing internet censorship means legitimate web services, educational sites, and cloud platforms...
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