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Spanish Court Orders ProtonVPN and NordVPN to Block Pirate Football Streams (torrentfreak.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

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

[–] Beep@lemmus.org 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There is Tor, IVPN and NymVPN too.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They don't explicitly ban torrenting, but they banned port forwarding in 2023 which heavily limits who you can connect to.

[–] Toes@ani.social 1 points 2 days ago

Ah I see what you mean.

It relies on the other side to have an open NAT or support UDP hole punching.

In my experience this works fairly well with μTP enabled.

[–] LordDaveTheKind@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

From which end?

[–] LordDaveTheKind@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

From United Kingdom to Italy