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In Spain, football matches knock thousands of websites and online services offline

Spain's football season kick-off has revived LaLiga's court-backed mass IP blocking against piracy, but thousands see websites and services fail whenever a match begins.

  • LaLiga orders Spanish operators to block IP addresses tied to illegal broadcasting.
  • Dedicated servers for each website mean collateral damage for many services when an IP is cut off.
  • Over 554,000 legitimate domains affected in the first half of 2026.

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