The War that is facing LaLiga and Cloudflare In Spain it is not the only one that is being lived in this field. In France the fight against IPTV platforms is also intensifying, but in this case with a striking protagonist: the VPN suppliers.
What happened. In recent weeks we have seen how the easiest way to avoid those indiscriminate IPS blockages is to use a VPN. The suppliers of these services act as DNS Resolversservices that resolve IPS and domain names so that we can access them, and do so in a way that the IP block is not effective.
French content companies, against VPN. Companies such as Canal+ and LFP (Football Professionnel Ligue) claim that VPN suppliers are contributing to illegal sports emissions. Although legal demand is not publicly available, It has been shared By Marc Rees, journalist of L’Emport. In his research he reveals how Nordvpn, Cyberghost and Protonvpn are the objectives of Canal+ and LFP, although other companies such as Expressvpn and Surfshark are also affected.
Suppliers deny such accusations. The objective, They explain in TorrentfreakIt is to prevent ususians from using these services to access these contents illegally. VPNS suppliers “believe they do not develop any role in this matter”; They claim in TF, and simply offer privacy and security services.
A coalition of VPN services to protest. The so -called VPN Trust Initiative (Vti) includes companies such as Expressvpn, Nordvpn and Surfshark, and those responsible have shown clear opposition to these measures. VTI is part of I2coallionand those responsible published A statement At the beginning of the month on the subject. It highlighted how “content suppliers are using legal procedures to force VPN suppliers to block websites in France.” That, they explained, “threatens freedom on the Internet.
VPNS suppliers could leave France. Christian Dawson, Executive Director of I2coalition, indicated that VPN companies that provide such service are considering leaving France and stop giving that service in the Gallic country. It is something that Cisco has already done to disrupt the OpenDNS service.
Terrible examples. The VPNS blockade is not new, but it usually occurs in countries with very restrictive political regimes, both in the particular VPNS scope – India and Pakistan have already caused the departure of VPN suppliers – and in general. As Dawson explained,
“This case in France is part of a broader worldwide trend of normative overreach, in which governments try VPN as part of broader censorship. “
Next steps. At the moment there is no locking obligation for VPN suppliers, and demand would have to be accepted. There is a scheduled view for next month in which both these companies and content suppliers can defend their position. Even if the content suppliers win, there will be news: Protonvpn has already notified that he is willing to take the case to the EU Court of Justice.
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