LaLiga has begun to use a new antipirateo system to end the use of illegal IPTV to see free football, but the consequences have not taken long to arrive. Javier Tebas’s agency It has begun to block domains linked to cloudflare affecting operators such as Digi, Movistar and O2.
The first websites started last Saturday, February 8. LaLiga has warned that the failures when loading some websites will be repeated during the game days for thousands of clients of Digi, Movistar and O2, filial of the telecommunications giant.
Javier Tebas’s agency Not only has domains linked to illegal IPVVV blocked, more than 3,000 legitimate websites also fall during matchesincluding Bluesky, Efe, CaixaBank, Github, LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Microsoft.
Operators could have breached the law
The cuts in the service of some operators when there is a football match are increasingly common and customers have not taken to complain. Cloudflare himself has blamed the sports agency for the blockades to legal websites linked to the same IP.
«Although LaLiga perfectly understood that blocking IP addresses would affect the rights of millions of consumers, continued with said blockade. This seems to reflect the wrong belief that their commercial interests must prevail over consumers’ rights,» according to statements by a representative of this IP address management service.
Movistar, Digi and O2 could have breached the General Law of Telecommunications, which establishes in article 76 that the operators “will not block, slow down, alter, restrict, interfere, interfere, degrade or discriminate between content, applications or specific services or specific categories” . Companies would be obliged to lift the blockade to legal websites.
LaLiga has obtained a judicial permit that gives him power to Block all IP that are associated with pirate broadcasts of football matches until the end of this season. If there is no change in this regard, the Thebes agency will continue to block thousands of legal websites for a few more months.
Customers ask for compensation to Movistar, Digi and O2
Legal pages blockades will continue during the 2024/25 football season. Movistar, O2 and DIGI clients look for desperate solutions for connection problems during the days of important parties, one of them is to request compensation from their operators.
«It is very shameful, sad and unfortunate. That of people and services that have left without activity and nothing happens here. I have requested explanations several times and have not given any,» said a user in X (Twitter), a few days Then he has asked Movistar for financial compensation.
Companies have not spoken about the controversy of illegal IPTV linked to Cloudflare.
Movistar, O2 and Digi must comply with the judicial orders that apply to all telecommunications operators and block the websites associated with football piracy, whether legal or not.
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Tags: Operators, IPTV, Soccer