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La Liga welcomes govt support, condemns Cloudflare
Spain’ s Committee on Economic Affairs, Trade and Digital Transformation of the Spanish Congress of Deputies has held a debate and vote on a Non-Legislative Proposal( PNL) against the dynamic IP address blocking in the context of the fight against audiovisual fraud. As a result of the vote, the PNL in question was not approved, thereby supporting La Liga’ s anti-piracy strategy and the use of dynamic IP blocks where illegal broadcasts are detected.
La Liga welcomes the support this vote represents but also views with concern the limited information presented in the PNL, which fails to address both the critical impact of audiovisual fraud on the country’ s social and economic infrastructure and the origin of this issue, including the actors who profit from this illegal business. La Liga says:
“ Contrary to what was suggested in the PNL, the blocking of IP addresses carried out by various Internet Service Providers( ISPs) in collaboration with La Liga is proportional, targeted, and time-limited, being enforced only during matches. It is also important to note that these measures are always carried out following verification and documentation of illegal broadcasts of La Liga content, in strict compliance with the relevant court order.
La Liga reminds that these actions are supported by the court ruling issued on 18 December 2024 and ratified in March 2024, by the Commercial Court No. 6 of Barcelona.
To date, La Liga has not received any legal complaints related to dynamic IP blocking. Furthermore, its operational teams have emergency protocols, security measures, and impact assessment tools, including real-time traffic analysis.
La Liga welcomes as a positive contribution to the public debate the PNL’ s call for a collaboration protocol between audiovisual
Real-time collaboration during La Liga matches allows the identification and quick deactivation of illegal streams rights holders and the tech companies hosting pirated content. For several months, La Liga has been building a technological ecosystem of collaborators with whom it works to prevent dynamic IP blocking from affecting third parties unrelated to piracy.
La Liga currently works with companies such as CDN77, Akamai Technologies, Twitch, Vercel, Scaleway, Gcore, among others.
This real-time collaboration during La Liga matches allows the identification and quick deactivation of illegal streams, avoiding the need to request ISPs to block IP addresses.
Thanks to this collaboration— and global efforts with other competitions— La Liga registered a 60 % decrease in piracy during the 2024 / 2025 season, a clear sign of the effectiveness of its fight against this illegal practice. Therefore, the organization supports the creation of a national-level protocol that can deactivate pirate activity in real time and increase effectiveness.
La Liga highlights that as of May 2025, 38 % of La Liga piracy was distributed through Cloudflare’ s infrastructure. The tech company is fully aware of the activity occurring on its infrastructure due to the numerous reports and legal notices sent by La Liga in recent months. However, Cloudflare continues to profit economically, acts wilfully, refuses to cooperate, and allows audiovisual fraud to persist using its technology.
Indeed, La Liga has established that before requesting ISP blocking, a notice is sent to tech intermediaries once illicit content is verified. According to a Grant Thornton study, the effectiveness of these notifications is very limited, only 11 % of notifications led to the suspension of illegal broadcasts.
In addition to this lack of cooperation, Cloudflare deliberately uses legitimate thirdparty websites as a digital shield, causing some of its clients to share IP addresses with pirate websites.
La Liga reaffirms its commitment to the fight against piracy— a plague that causes € 600 million –€ 700 million in annual losses to professional clubs and the wider sports industry, with negative consequences for the public interest( CSD contributions, RFEF, grassroots football, women’ s football, tax revenue loss, etc.).
La Liga welcomes the outcome of the PNL vote and offers its cooperation to authorities to help create a real-time, effective collaboration protocol with tech companies.
BA agrees Starlink IFC deal
British Airways has revealed that its customers will soon benefit from Starlink broadband connectivity. The airline will start its Starlink rollout in 2026. Once fully fitted, all customers, whichever cabin they’ re travelling in, will have free access to the service for streaming, working and keeping in touch. The deal is part of a broader agreement with BA’ s parent company IAG.
This is the latest investment to be announced as part of British Airways’ £ 7 billion(€ 7.95bn) transformation plan.
Sean Doyle, British Airways’ chairman and chief executive, described the addition of Starlink connectivity to the BA fleet as a major milestone in the airline’ s transformation journey.“ We’ re continuing to focus on transforming our customer experience,” he added.“ Launching Starlink on both our long-haul and short-haul aircraft is game-changing for us and our customers, elevating their experience on board our flights by offering them seamless connectivity from gate-to-gate. Especially on short-haul, this will really differentiate us from our competitors.”
“ With our new Wi-Fi powered by Starlink, our customers will be able to enjoy lightningfast, low-lag Internet from the moment they board to the moment they land- even over oceans and remote regions. It’ s Wi-Fi that feels like home, even at 38,000 feet.”
Once rolled out, Starlink will be available on all BA mainline and Euroflyer flights.
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