tl;dr: Quad9, the Swiss nonprofit DNS resolver, will withdraw service from France on November 24 after a court ruled it must block domains accused of copyright infringement by beIN. The organization argues DNS-level blocking is technically unworkable (geoIP can be bypassed by VPNs, as proven in a prior Sony case in Germany) and that global blocking would improperly extend French law worldwide. With ~20 similar lawsuits pending, Quad9 says ongoing compliance risks are existential, and exiting France is the only way to preserve its mission of neutral, privacy-respecting DNS resolution.