🛜 LALIGA and Telefónica win court backing against VPN use | OneFootball

LALIGA and Telefónica Audiovisual Digital have achieved a victory in court. According to the orders issued by a Commercial Court in Córdoba, these documents grant precautionary measures that require several VPN providers (specifically NordVPN and ProtonVPN) to immediately implement the blocking of IP addresses linked to the illicit broadcasting of protected content.

The judicial resolution identifies these Virtual Private Network (VPN) services as technological intermediaries subject to the European Digital Services Regulation. The court argues that these tools are an effective means to bypass geographical restrictions, facilitating access to portals that infringe on the audiovisual rights of football clubs.

The court order is dynamic in nature, preventing the defendants from appealing the measure at this stage. The judges have highlighted that these companies even promote their ability to avoid blocks, which justifies the intervention to ensure they do not contribute to the evasion of previous rulings issued by other Spanish authorities.

Meanwhile, the plaintiffs are required to preserve digital evidence of the reported infringements. This judicial decision aligns with international precedents, such as those in France, and strengthens LALIGA's legal capacity to combat audiovisual fraud through the mandatory collaboration of network service providers.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

📸 THOMAS COEX