LaLiga Anti-Piracy Blocks Knife Shop, Costing Owner a €700 Order
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30
LaLiga Anti-Piracy Blocks Knife Shop, Costing Owner a €700 Order
1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 30
Summary
A mid-May LaLiga block stopped a customer from reaching Jorge Moya’s collectible-blades shop in Albacete, costing the business a potential €700 sale.
The warning shown to visitors said the site was blocked as part of an anti-piracy operation, even though Moya said his store is legitimate and does not host football streams.
Moya said the disruption is not isolated: his website goes down almost every time LaLiga broadcasts one of its roughly 380 matches each year.
The case underscores complaints that LaLiga’s piracy crackdown is sweeping up unrelated websites and disrupting ordinary online businesses in Spain.