Cloudflare takes legal action over LaLiga's "disproportionate blocking efforts"

Cloudflare has launched a legal action against LaLiga over IP blocking action that it says blocked millions of users from accessing unrelated websites. As reported in Broadband TV News, websites DazcFutbolios and RBTV77 were last weekend blocked in a joint action by the Spanish football league and local ISPs after illegally distributing LaLiga matches. LaLiga said the two pirates were using technology provided by Cloudflare to conceal their identity and evade security controls. Together, the two platforms had more than 400,000 unique monthly users in Spain. Cloudflare called the effort misguided and said LaLiga had left it with no other option than to pursue the legal action. “LaLiga secured this blocking order without notifying cloud providers, while concealing from the court the predictable harm to third parties and the public good. LaLiga’s actions pose a clear threat to the open Internet. Cloudflare has now filed a legal action to challenge the order and establish that LaLiga’s ... Read full article.