[NANOG] Re: ISPs in Spain are blocking CDN IP ranges to tackle soccer piracy

[nanog--- via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

In this case the centralization normally serves to avoid blocking. You 
don't turn off the entire Internet to block one site, but Spain has 
decided to go nuclear and has decided that actually it's okay to block 
the entire internet to block one site.

When Italy did the same thing several months ago, they said it was by 
mistake and reversed it (and then to save face, said there had been no 
mistake and they had never blocked it at all).


On 14/04/25 18:00, Constantine A. Murenin via NANOG wrote:
> Here's an idea, why don't we centralise the entire internet behind a
> single network to "solve" the issue of connectivity and availability?
> Oh, wait!  Nevermind!  /s
>
> C.
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 at 10:20, Raúl Martínez via NANOG
> <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> > Hello, Nanog,
> >
> > This is an ongoing issue that might affect your spanish users if you use
> > services like Cloudflare, Vercel, BunnyCDN or GitHub pages.
> >
> > A couple of weeks ago, the most important ISPs in Spain started
> > intercepting or nullrouting IP addresses from this CDN providers.
> >
> > The reason is that a couple of local court orders allowed LA LIGA (sports
> > association responsible for administering the two professional football
> > leagues in Spain) to provide ISPs with a list of IP addresses that host
> > soccer piracy sites to be taken down in a short period of time, even when
> > the football match is taken place.
> >
> > The issue is that most of this piracy sites use Cloudflare and others to
> > protect themselves, so ISPs are nullrouting or intercepting IP ranges that
> > serve thousands of websites, including all Cloudflare Free customers (but
> > not limited to). For example, they blocked one IP address that served
> > ChatGPT.
> >
> > These blockages are applied when the soccer matches are played and they are
> > turned off hours later.
> >
> > Cloudflare has already taken legal action against this, but the issue is
> > still ongoing.
> >
> > You can find more information about this issue on TorrentFreak (LaLiga
> > Blocks Cloudflare Again, New Pirate IPTV Providers & Anything in The Way),
> > BandaanchaEU (bandaancha bloqueos del fútbol).
> >
> > *Regards,*
> > *Raúl Martínez*
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