A Belgian court upheld a DNS-blocking injunction obtained by sports rights holder DAZN, rejecting challenges from Google, Cloudflare and Cisco and finding that alternative DNS resolvers can technically implement targeted blocks and that costs are not disproportionate. The ruling scraps a prior requirement to redirect users to a warning page but keeps a €100,000-per-day fine tied specifically to days when DAZN broadcasts live matches, with a €20 million cap per company and exemptions for exceptional geolocation under-blocking. The decision emphasizes that blocking by major DNS providers strengthens ISP-level measures and is intended to disrupt users’ ability to access unlawful live football streams, including matches in Belgian competitions such as the Jupiler Pro League.
Practical implementation is tightly controlled: DAZN may submit one blocklist update per week (maximum 100 new domains), must notify the anti-piracy department at least seven working days before a matchday, and resolvers get five working days to implement changes; blocks go live 90 minutes before kickoff. The public blocklist has grown from 58 to 258 domains. Cisco says OpenDNS cannot perform the selective, geolocated, dynamic blocking required without harming performance, and will withdraw the service from Belgium again; the department accepts that exit as compliance. DNS providers have three months to implement the measures and Cisco intends to appeal.
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