Comment by utrack
17 hours ago
They block the whole of Cloudflare R2, I believe the Docker hub is just (heh) a collateral.
When the La Liga match starts, everything that's proxied via CF (including zero access reverse tunnels) stops working.
There's even a website made for checking if the match is on: https://hayahora.futbol/
You can check if your host is affected: https://hayahora.futbol/#comprobador&domain=docker-images-pr...
Why do they do that? Sorry, I don't speak Spanish.
The football league would rather not have pirates livestream their ~90 minute games.
Pirates would rather not be blocked, so they create a new, disposable website for every game. Any blocking must happen fast.
Cloudflare would rather not block websites without a court order specifying the sites to be blocked.
The courts would rather not create a special fast lane through the courts, just to resolve a squabble between two huge corporations.
> The football league would rather not have pirates livestream their ~90 minute games.
Funny enough, I work in IT and I've had to use a VPN to be able to do my job when soccer is on, but my two non-tech-savy family members that do watch soccer using pirate livestreams say that they've never had any issues with blocked streams.
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> Cloudflare would rather not block websites without a court order specifying the sites to be blocked.
why would they?
> squabble between two huge corporations
I think this is just LaLiga using it's cultural and economical power, don't think Cloudflare or the courts should be making exceptions just so they can control how people watch football
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The US is captured by the Israeli lobby. Spain is captured by the football lobby.
So what, do they just block a range of IP addresses and are then done with it?
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Here's a good English-language article about it, with a timeline: https://daniel.es/blog/cloudflare-vs-la-liga/
Looks like same old regulatory capture.
Also, a classic tweet from the Cloudflare CEO re their fight with Italians authorities re censorship:
https://xcancel.com/eastdakota/status/2009654937303896492
Everyone looks bad in this conflict.
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Because LaLiga and football in general is what is governing Spain really.
to stop people pirating football streams while matches are on. Insanity
The website has a language selector on the right just below the initial screen, just FYI.
to """"""""""prevent piracy""""""""""
Who exactly is blocking and on what legal base? If it's Spanish ISPs and they are massively over blocking, why are there no legal actions against them? (E.g. for not fulfilling their contracts)
Football lobby is strong in Spanish political system. It's legal
Ah man, that shader in the background is like a rite of passage for people including a shader on their website.
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lscczl
Ah the irony, I'm blocked from viewing that page by Cloudflare
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