LaLiga is one of the main parties interested in the fight against piracy. However, their rights are one of the most violated when pirated IPTV packages are marketed to watch national football without going through the official channels, which is the contracting of Movistar Plus+ (with the option of Orange) and DAZN. Now, the body chaired by Javier Tebas in office celebrates two favorable rulings with prison sentences and up to a 75,000 euro fine for football piracy.
Although clubs like Real Madrid have advocated for cheaper football that can reduce piracy, the LaLiga communications department welcomes these rulings, recalling that “behind piracy there is no hero offering pirated content in any way.” altruistic, but rather criminal organizations that profit from the work of legitimate creators, thus eliminating jobs in the football and entertainment industry. They also do it through a black market outside of taxes, therefore harming society in general.”
Closure of a pirate IPTV in Logroño
Last Wednesday, November 15, LaLiga obtained a conviction from the Criminal Court No. 3 of Logroño against the owner of the websites that supply pirated IPTV lists at www.comprariptv.com, www.premiumiptvtotal.com, www. promasteriptv.com and www.ccamhd2017.com.
The main person responsible for these web pages has been convicted by art. 286.1 of the Penal Code to 6 months in prison and 6 months of fine. The damning article says the following: “Anyone who, without the consent of the service provider and for commercial purposes, facilitates intelligible access to an information service will be punished with prison sentences of six months to two years and a fine of six to 24 months. sound or television broadcasting, to interactive services provided remotely by electronic means, or provides conditional access to them, considered as an independent service.
It is still pending for LaLiga to file a civil liability claim that could lead to significant financial compensation for the competition organizer. This pirate IPTV distributor had HORECA clients (acronym for Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes) as its main source of income. In this hospitality sector, LaLiga has also been fighting for years against piracy, which affects not only the rights of the clubs, but also the clients of these establishments and represents a comparative insult and damage to the bars and restaurants that do have with a subscription legally.
Since the beginning of the season, LaLiga’s team of HORECA verifiers has been reinforced to detect public venues broadcasting football fraudulently and a special audit plan has been initiated in betting houses, where many of them suspected of being broadcast have been identified. pirate football
They knock down a website of links in Gandía
This operation against pirate IPTV has not been the only one, since this format is not the only one in which unofficial signals are distributed. The Criminal Court no. This individual was dedicated to providing links for illegal viewing of LaLiga football matches and many other sports competitions. All these web pages have already been disabled.
The main person responsible and accused was sentenced to compensate LaLiga with 75,000 euros, as well as 6 months in prison. In addition, a year and a half of disqualification from managing web pages to try to prevent him from falling into temptation again. The accused was convicted as the author of a crime classified in art. 270.2 of the Penal Code (crimes against intellectual property committed over the Internet). The fact of applying this article in particular reinforces the already known criminal nature of infractions against LaLiga’s audiovisual rights, as well as adds to other existing legal precedents regarding other similar procedures pending trial.
LaLiga shows its satisfaction with these sentences that reinforce the joint work of the involved areas of the institution, whose main objective is to achieve a total cleanliness in our football. The organization and its technical anti-piracy department will continue their path to try to put an end to any aspect related to piracy in Spanish football.
