Comment by utrack
15 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""""""""""
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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