Spanish Court Orders ProtonVPN and NordVPN to Block Pirate Football Streams * TorrentFreak
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A Spanish court has labeled VPNs as "intermediaries," ordering them to actively block IP addresses hosting illegal LaLiga games.

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a Spanish court has labeled VPN services as “technological intermediaries,” ordering them to actively block IP addresses that host illegal LaLiga matches. The “dynamic” injunction compels NordVPN and ProtonVPN to intervene, similar to local ISPs. But with both companies operating outside EU jurisdiction with privacy-centric business models, it remains unclear if and how the order will actually be enforced.

  • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    142·
    14 hours ago

    Well, if this isn’t a sign to get off those VPNs in favour of Mullvad, I don’t know what is. They’re clearly big enough corporations to be targeted - time will tell if they’re gonna fold like one

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      14 hours ago

      I wouldn’t use Mullvad when it’s openly hostile to peer-to-peer torrenting. Even outside of the obvious – piracy is one of the best and most unique use cases for a VPN – I use torrents wherever the option is available for legal downloads because that’s normally faster, spares a load on the server, and strengthens the download’s resiliency. That Mullvad wants to restrict that is their (reasonable) call, but it’s not one that’s going to get my money.

      • Toes♀@ani.socialEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        I’ve been using Mullvad for awhile now and torrenting works fine.

        I did notice a behaviour that LibTorrent 1.2.x works better than 2.x and some endpoints don’t play nice.

        If you’re willing to give it another spin try Netherlands.

    • LordDaveTheKind@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Does Mullvad allow sports streaming? When I used it to watch the Olympics on the Italian broadcaster (RAI), the stream was blocked.