"La Liga, one of the most active European leagues fighting piracy and audiovisual fraud, accuses Cloudflare of ignoring illegal content and not doing enough to block it. It says Cloudflare plays a decisive role in the dissemination of online piracy that significantly hurts the soccer industry. Protecting its content is key for the league, which recently sold domestic audiovisual rights for more than 6 billion euros ($7 billion) through the 2031-32 season."
"Spanish league president Javier Tebas told The Associated Press in an email that Cloudflare is an organization "fully aware that a significant share of sports audiovisual piracy relies on its infrastructure and, despite this knowledge, it continues to protect and monetize that activity, as recognized by courts in multiple jurisdictions." Tebas said that in Spain alone, more than 35% of La Liga's content piracy continues to be distributed through Cloudflare's infrastructure, despite thousands of formal notices and judicially backed enforcement measures implemented"
About 50 analysts monitor websites, social media, IPTV platforms and streaming portals to locate illegal broadcasts of La Liga matches. The analysts identify pirated content and notify internet intermediaries to have feeds taken down. La Liga contends that Cloudflare frequently hosts or shields the infrastructure used for piracy and fails to sufficiently block illegal streaming. The league reports that a substantial share of piracy traffic routes through Cloudflare despite thousands of notices and court-backed measures. Protecting broadcast rights is presented as vital after La Liga secured over 6 billion euros in domestic audiovisual deals through 2031-32.
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