In recent times, football and payment television have been the focus of a great battle, the fight against digital piracy. While many see how LaLiga are transmitted for illegal services through IPTV, companies such as Movistar and Digi have decided to step forward and join the LaLiga initiative.
In this way, they allied to protect transmission rights. Why have these operators join this fight and what makes their approach different?
The key is in dynamic blockagesa technique that allows to cut access to illegal sites quickly and efficiently. In this way, Piracy is not only fought with judicial measures, but also with technological strategies that adapt to the new challenges. But why do Vodafone and others follow the same path?
LaLiga and Telefónica: a united front against piracy
LaLiga’s fight against digital piracy is not new, but it has intensified with the support of Telefónica, which is the holder of the millionaire soccer transmission rights, which makes it the greatest harmful for the use of IPTV and illegal websites to see free football.
Movistar, owned by Telefónica, and Digi have joined the effort to block access to pirate contentsomething that, according to LaLiga, is essential to protect the economy of football and prevent millions of euros from being lost in revenues.
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On the other hand, Vodafone, although historically has collaborated in this type of initiatives, has adopted a different position, perhaps due to the risk involved directly involving services that could affect their customers and those of the associated suppliers, in addition to the anger that this causes in its customers, especially those who are affected by the blocks despite not consuming illegal content.
In addition, it must be borne in mind that Vodafone has no right on LaLiga sports broadcasts, so it is not directly involved in this IPTV war.
Meanwhile, Movistar and Digi have preferred to align with LaLiga’s strategy, focusing on preventing users from continuing to enjoy the games illegally.
When talking about blocking pirate sites, it is necessary to understand that it is not just about eliminating a link from time to time. IPTV sites can change their name, server or IP in a matter of hours.
Therefore, dynamic blockages have won prominence. This strategy allows to block IP addresses or sites more flexible and quickly, without having to resort to a long judicial process every time a new pirate site appears.
In Spain, LaLiga has used this technique to prevent football matches from reaching illegal platforms That, for example, use Cloudflare services to hide their true location. Although this measure has caused some complaints, especially because of the collateral effects that can affect legitimate users, the objective remains to protect transmission rights.
Although at first some users of Movistar and other ISP complained about not being able to access certain legitimate content, the situation was clarified when it was explained that the blockade was a judicial measure.
The problem arises when blockages affect IP addresses between legitimate sites and pirates. LaLiga, however, defends the measure, claiming that it is a necessary evil to protect the football industry and other payment content.
The importance of collaborating in the fight against piracy
Although blockages are a key tool, a more balanced approach is also necessary to consider user concerns. The challenge is to find solutions that are effective in combating piracy, but without legitimate services are affected.
Therefore, LaLiga and Telefónica have decided to move forward with these measures, while looking for more specific alternatives to prevent blockages from affecting users who are not related to illegal activities.
The fight against piracy in Spain is taking an interesting turn with the involvement of Movistar, Digi and LaLiga. While other operators such as Vodafone are still more cautious.
Although there is still a way to go, it seems that this joint effort is marking the course in the protection of transmission rights.
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