Digi, Movistar and O2 customers, a telecommunications giant subsidiary, have suffered cuts in thousands of websites due to LaLiga blockages to illegal IPTV. The consequences are already being seen in other operators such as Masorange.
LaLiga has begun to use a new system with which to end the piracy of football matches. The sports agency blocks the websites administered by Cloudflare linked to an IP address related to illegal IPTV, whether legal or not.
The battle between LaLiga and Cloudflare has mostly affected Digi and Movistar users since February 8. Masorange has also begun to block websites following a court order of the sports agency.
Masorange joins LaLiga’s blacklist against illegal IPTV
The telecommunications giant has begun to suffer temporary falls in thousands of legal websites administered by Cloudflare, including LinkedIn, CaixaBank, EFE Agency, X (Twitter) and even Chatgpt. The largest peaks occur during the start of the most important matches of the week.
Customers have criticized this indiscriminate measure against thousands of legal websites. LaLiga says they will not step back in their fight against piracy of football matches, the blockages to the IPTV will continue throughout the 2024/25 season.
LaLiga measures could affect all operators under the Mareorange group in the coming weeks: Orange, jazztel, symy, yoigo, masmobile, pepephone, lebara, lycamobile, llumber, r, te, telecable, guuk, puk and vigin Telco.
Consumers are the main affected of LaLiga’s new decisions to stop the use of illegal IPTV. Some clients even claim compensation to Movistar after sudden cuts in the connection, Masorange could face the same problem very soon.
LaLiga blocks are repeated every day of the game
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Some media like ADSLZone They have begun to monitor the status of some websites that fall recurrently during the matches. The pages linked to Cloudflare have a worse service with MasMóvil during the last days.
Cloudfare has reported that it plans to adopt legal measures against LaLiga to end indiscriminate blockages. The company in charge of administering the IP addresses ensures that the Spanish agency “is putting its interests on the fundamental right of users to use internet with freedom.”
At the moment, the operators are obliged to comply with the blockades by court order, even in exchange for harming millions of customers during the game days. Companies do not warn of some pages restrictions, another of the most criticized points among users.
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Tags: Piracy, IPTV, Soccer