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by pocksuppet 63 days ago
Cloudflare acts on lawful requests during LaLiga matches. The problem is that the Spanish government doesn't want to bother doing things the lawful way because that takes too long. They want piracy to magically disappear and they'll randomly shut down more parts of the internet until it does. Actual illegal sports streams are not impacted by Cloudflare being down, and Cloudflare is not the only impacted network.
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embedding-shape 63 days ago
> problem is that the Spanish government doesn't want to bother doing things the lawful way because that takes too long

In Spain, what they are doing, is the "lawful way", it's literally happening via the courts and judges. Do you think ISPs are blocking Cloudflare specifically just for fun, out of their own accord?

> Actual illegal sports streams are not impacted by Cloudflare being down, and Cloudflare is not the only impacted network.

Some are, many aren't. Cloudflare is indeed the only impacted network, at least for me. Which other networks are being blocked for you during the La Liga matches?

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Dylan16807 63 days ago
The specific blocks don't go through courts and judges.
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embedding-shape 63 days ago
Yes, the specific block of blocking Cloudflare in Spain during La Liga matches literally has gone through a court and been ordered by a judge, I'm not sure how you could have missed this. Judges have also dismissed the requests from Cloudflare and others to remove the "dynamic block" as there is collateral damage.
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Dylan16807 63 days ago
My understanding was that cloudflare was being blocked by the same IP blocking list as everything else. And while that system went through courts, the list didn't.

There are also direct actions against cloudflare, but that's not what's taking everything down, is it?

Did I misunderstand something?

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embedding-shape 63 days ago
The sites are directed to be blocked by IP and DNS, this is the list I suppose you're talking about, I'm not sure of any specific "system vs list" distinction. Since some of the sites are behind Cloudflare, some of the IPs are IPs used by Cloudflare for any customer, not just the streams, so then Cloudflare gets blocked wholesale, the collateral damage that we get to joyfully experience every game.

Remains to be seen if the block will remain in place or not, you could argue it goes against some other laws, but it has to be argued legally, just like how the block initially happened because La Liga went through the courts. So far us developers or people who visit more American websites tend to be hit the worst, since they're talking about "protecting" other matches too, in other sports, I'm guessing it'll get worse before it gets better.

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