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pocksuppetyesterday at 4:54 PM1 replyview on HN

Cloudflare acts on lawful requests during LaLiga matches. The problem is that the Spanish government doesn't want to bother doing things the lawful way because that takes too long. They want piracy to magically disappear and they'll randomly shut down more parts of the internet until it does. Actual illegal sports streams are not impacted by Cloudflare being down, and Cloudflare is not the only impacted network.


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embedding-shapeyesterday at 7:56 PM

> problem is that the Spanish government doesn't want to bother doing things the lawful way because that takes too long

In Spain, what they are doing, is the "lawful way", it's literally happening via the courts and judges. Do you think ISPs are blocking Cloudflare specifically just for fun, out of their own accord?

> Actual illegal sports streams are not impacted by Cloudflare being down, and Cloudflare is not the only impacted network.

Some are, many aren't. Cloudflare is indeed the only impacted network, at least for me. Which other networks are being blocked for you during the La Liga matches?

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