Akamai CEO Criticizes Free-Speech Defense Of Piracy

Dr. Tom Leighton, Akamai’s CEO, rebukes rival Cloudflare’s free-speech defense after an Italian fine, calling piracy an intellectual-property theft that platforms must detect and takedown within laws such as Italy’s 30-minute notice. He outlines Akamai’s anti-piracy measures—watermarking, viewer tokens, detection workflows—and proposes broader public-private coordination while also describing Linode-powered edge inferencing plans to deploy infrastructure in about 100 cities.