> > Blocking is the wrong terminology here.

> This is geo-blocking, by definition.

Do you also refer to steam games that only sell in some regions as "geo-blocking"? I don't. Steam doesn't (they call them region restrictions). There's no blocking going on, merely declining to offer something in the first place. Cloudflare is the host here, they aren't blocking anything, they just aren't providing the pirate site in the first place.

> when they don't have legal obligation to.

While I know relatively little about UK law I'm extremely skeptical of the idea that cloudflare does not have a legal obligation to not knowingly host websites committing copyright infringement.

sad how your take is one of the only sensible ones in this thread

> Do you also refer to steam games that only sell in some regions as "geo-blocking"? I don't. Steam doesn't (they call them region restrictions).

So I am not blocked from buying a game based on my geographic location, I am merely restricted from it based on my region...

Yes? I agree "geo" and "region" are synonymous here, but as I understand the word "blocked" to be "blocked" a transaction has to be in action in the first place - and if one party to the transaction (steam) isn't interested then the transaction wasn't in action.

Similarly you can block a punch, but not if it was never thrown.

I refer to that kind of content availability as geo-locking. Geo-blocking is specifically for blocking internet access based on the client's locality.

There are court orders here; it doesn't look voluntary to me.