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Spanish soccer league battles Cloudflare over piracy, says U.S. company ignores illegal content
La Liga claims over 35% of its content piracy in Spain is routed through Cloudflare, which denies accusations and warns of censorship from blocking measures.
- Recently, La Liga accused Cloudflare, U.S.-based content-delivery company, of ignoring illegal content and failing to block pirated broadcasts, while Cloudflare denies wrongdoing and calls itself a champion of a free and open Internet.
- The league says recent rights deals worth $7 billion make protecting content pivotal, as more than 35% of La Liga's piracy in Spain is distributed through Cloudflare's infrastructure.
- La Liga's anti-piracy team deploys about 50 analysts who scan websites, social media, IPTV platforms and streaming portals, then notify intermediaries such as Cloudflare, whose network handles nearly 20% of Internet traffic.
- Cloudflare warned that the league's blocking has kept Spanish users from accessing legitimate sites, while La Liga alleges Cloudflare prioritizes commercial gain and protects piracy networks, with courts in multiple jurisdictions recognizing the problem.
- The dispute now reads as a legal and reputational clash because La Liga and others say Cloudflare plays a decisive role in piracy, making enforcement urgent during live matches for lawmakers and policymakers.
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The conflict between La Liga and Cloudflare has escalated into a full-blown legal battle. While La Liga accuses the tech firm of acting as a "digital shield" for pirates, Cloudflare claims that blocking orders harm legitimate internet users.
·United Kingdom
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The president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, has highlighted the legal and technical battle that LaLiga is waging against the piracy of sports content, with the focus of the lack of collaboration of companies such as the technological Cloudflare, which « puts its economic benefit before the protection of its customers». LaLiga says that, while looking for more agile tools to block illegal access to sports content, the conflict reveals the tension betw…
·Madrid, Spain
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