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technewstube.comFrench court backs LFP and orders top VPNs to block illegal football streams
A court in France has served its third blocking order against NordVPN, Surfshark, Proton VPN, ExpressVPN, and CyberGhost since May 2025, as the fight against online piracy heats up. Here's what at stake.
French justice has just hit a big blow against piracy. The Paris Court of Justice has ordered Google to block access to 19 domains of pirated sites via its public DNS solver. This decision, which now extends to major VPN providers, aims to protect the spread of the Champions League and closes a massive circumvention door used until then.
French Court Orders VPNs to Block Pirate Sites, Raising Privacy Concerns
France’s Digital Siege: How Courts Are Forcing VPNs to Enforce Anti-Piracy Barriers In a move that has sent ripples through the tech and entertainment industries, a French court has mandated several prominent VPN providers to block access to a slew of pirate streaming sites, marking an escalation in the ongoing battle against illegal content distribution. The Paris Judicial Court, in a decision dated December 18, 2025, sided with the French top …
The court in Paris issued an order ordering the VPN NordVPN, CyberGhost, Proton VPN, Surfshark and ExpressVPN to block access to several illegal streaming sites, including football with the League 1. This decision follows a complaint from the Football League ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPhone and iPad (link App Store) Read more Ligue 1 in illegal streaming…
VPN providers are once again being forced to block several domain names illegally broadcasting sporting events in France. This time, it was the Professional Football League (LFP) that took legal action in the Paris judicial court, and it was successful.
All right, I was talking to you about it last May, the French justice had decided to attack the VPNs in order to fight the hacking of football matches. Guess what? They put the cover back, and this time it's even harder! On December 18th, the Court of Justice of Paris issued a new order at the request of the Professional Football League and its commercial branch. As a result, the bulk of the sector of encrypted tunnels will have to comply: Cyber…
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