[Saba Sports News] According to Spanish media reports, La Liga’s crackdown on illegal live streaming has resulted in numerous unrelated websites being caught up in the crackdown. Led by La Liga president Javier Tebas, the Spanish football community has waged a fierce battle against piracy for many years. This confrontation has eventually turned into a widespread backlash, disrupting every matchday and leading to the blocking of a large number of websites that have nothing to do with football. While platforms illegally broadcasting matches will eventually be shut down, the process has affected far too many unrelated web portals, causing severe collateral damage. For this reason, the Spanish Congress of Deputies has approved a motion aimed at restricting La Liga’s large-scale IP blocking practices. With backing from most parliamentarians, the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party and the Republican Left of Catalonia have reached an agreement to reform the Digital Services Act, putting an end to La Liga’s unrestricted power over website blocking.
The editor believes that the reform of the Digital Services Act aims to set legal and technical restrictions on the blocking measures implemented by operators at the request of La Liga. The reform is designed to ensure such measures are precise, so as not to affect services that have no connection with the infringing content La Liga seeks to block.