LaLiga's Anti-Piracy Crackdown Triggers Widespread Internet Disruptions in Spain
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- LaLiga's anti-piracy measures in 2025 caused widespread internet outages in Spain, affecting legitimate websites and services.
- The league's strategy involves blocking entire IP ranges, leading to collateral damage for platforms like Amazon, GitHub, and Google Fonts.
- Companies like TrueNAS had to switch to BitTorrent for software distribution after their CDN IPs were repeatedly blocked.
- Despite sending over 26 million takedown notices in early 2025, only 11% of flagged streams were actually taken offline.
- Legal challenges are mounting, with Cloudflare and RootedCON appealing to Spain's Constitutional Court against the blocking strategy.
- Critics argue the system harms lawful users while failing to effectively combat piracy, blurring the line between protection and overreach.