Proposal to Prevent LaLiga Site-Blocking Innocent Sites Rejected in Spain

6 months ago

LaLiga obtained a court order to block pirate streaming services but faced challenges due to Cloudflare's reverse proxy service, which hides webhost IPs behind shared Cloudflare IPs.
LaLiga proceeded with blocking Cloudflare's shared IP addresses, leading to collateral damage complaints, but courts rejected these complaints.
A Non-Legislative Proposal (PNL) was presented by the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) to address the issue, advocating for precise domain/DNS blocking, host protocols, and disallowing IP blocking.
The proposal was rejected in a vote (6 in favor, 17 against, 12 abstentions), with opponents arguing it ignored the economic impact on football clubs.
LaLiga defended its blocking strategy as proportional and court-compliant, while criticizing Cloudflare for lack of cooperation.
LaLiga's Global Content Protection Manager announced plans to seek global legal injunctions, citing EU Regulation 2015/2120 to justify ISP blocking of certain traffic.

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