cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/74401190
Several countries are already ahead of Brussels. In 2025, a Paris court ordered five major VPNs to block more than 200 illegal sports streaming sites, while Italy moved to extend its Piracy Shield system to VPN and DNS providers.
In Spain, a Córdoba court ordered NordVPN and Proton VPN to block IP addresses tied to illegal LaLiga streams in February.
The same court later refused to fine NordVPN for not complying. LaLiga has since asked the Commission to add NordVPN, Proton VPN, ExpressVPN, and Surfshark to its piracy watch list.
When they began the ban, I discovered I was banned out of the RAE website and many other completely unrelated websites. All because of a sport. On the plus side, I managed to convince many friends of the importance of using a good VPN.