> problem is that the Spanish government doesn't want to bother doing things the lawful way because that takes too long

In Spain, what they are doing, is the "lawful way", it's literally happening via the courts and judges. Do you think ISPs are blocking Cloudflare specifically just for fun, out of their own accord?

> Actual illegal sports streams are not impacted by Cloudflare being down, and Cloudflare is not the only impacted network.

Some are, many aren't. Cloudflare is indeed the only impacted network, at least for me. Which other networks are being blocked for you during the La Liga matches?

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Dylan16807 an hour ago | parent [-]

The specific blocks don't go through courts and judges.

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embedding-shape 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

Yes, the specific block of blocking Cloudflare in Spain during La Liga matches literally has gone through a court and been ordered by a judge, I'm not sure how you could have missed this. Judges have also dismissed the requests from Cloudflare and others to remove the "dynamic block" as there is collateral damage.

	▲	Dylan16807 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		My understanding was that cloudflare was being blocked by the same IP blocking list as everything else. And while that system went through courts, the list didn't. There are also direct actions against cloudflare, but that's not what's taking everything down, is it? Did I misunderstand something?