Additionally
Cloudflare free plan security: WAF rules, DDoS protection, HTTP headers and AI bot control https://github.com/buybitart/cloudflare-security-artThis guide will help you protect your website using Cloudflare. It includes firewall rules, DDoS protection, security headers, and bot settings.It includes:- ✅ Firewall rules
- ✅ DDoS protection
- ✅ Security headers
- ✅ Bot management settings
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My Cloudflare rule is:- ✅ Tested and safe
- ✅ Does **not** break your site
- ✅ Blocks harmful bots, including AI scrapers
- ✅ Based on a **ZERO TRUST**
AI bots try to copy your content!.See
How AI is stealing your art https://juliabausenhardt.com/how-ai-is-stealing-your-art/ and
Mass theft’: Thousands of artists call for AI art auction to be cancelled https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/10/mass-theft-thousands-of-artists-call-for-ai-art-auction-to-be-cancelled One of the main points of art is to dialogue with culture. Even if unintentional, every piece of art reflects the unique background of its creator-shaped by food, religion, music, ethics, visual art, and more.
Imagine a child raised in isolation, shown only paintings 16 hours a day, and punished if their weekly drawing doesn't replicate those images closely enough. They don’t know why they draw-they just mimic. They aren’t creating. They aren’t dialoguing with art.
A computer is even simpler. It doesn't feel, doesn't reflect, doesn't remember the sound of jazz in the 1920s or the first time it saw Warhol.
But a human artist does.
They carry experience, emotion, and intention. They borrow from the past, mix it with the present, and speak in their own voice. That’s art. That’s the difference.
When art is just imitation for profit, it’s empty. But when it speaks-it matters."AI pretend to be search engines, but they don't bring you visitors.
Some even use fake user agents, so basic Cloudflare settings may not stop them.
This rule blocks all bots by default, and then only allows useful bots that help your website get indexed.