Football League Scores ‘Dynamic’ Pirate Site Blocking Orders in Peru

The Peruvian IP protection authority has issued two new injunctions, requiring ISPs to block nearly two dozen sports streaming domains. The orders come at the request of 1190 Peru, which exploits various sports leagues, including the local football league. While not all blocking requests were honored, this is the first 'dynamic' order, allowing the targeted domains to be updated.

In dozens of countries around the world, website blocking is the preferred way for copyright holders to restrict access to pirate sites.

Originally pioneered in Europe, the enforcement tactic has since gone global, with blockades now in place from Asia to South America, with the United States queuing up too.

Peru’s Blocking Efforts

In Peru, site blocking measures have been commonplace for a few years already. In response to complaints from rightsholders, Internet providers have been ordered to block hundreds of domain names. The targets range from torrent sites, through YouTube rippers, to streaming portals.

These blocking orders are handed down by INDECOPI, the IP protection arm of the government. Last November, INDECOPI collaborated in the latest round of Operation 404, blocking or suspending 328 pirate sites and services. Meanwhile, regular blocking efforts continue as well.

Late last week, INDECOPI issued two new site blocking orders, all targeting sports streaming sites. The blocking orders follow a complaint from the sports company 1190 Peru, which manages and commercializes the rights of several sports leagues, including Peru’s top football competition Liga1.

‘Dynamic’ Pirate Site Blocking Order

After considering the presented evidence, INDECOPI ordered local internet providers including Telefonica, América Móvil, and Entel, to block 23 pirate sites. Those targeted include Rojadirecta, Channelstream.es, Pirlotv, Librefutboltv, and Socceronline.me, among others.

These blocking measures are not new, but the scope of the injunction is. For the first time, INDECOPI handed down a dynamic injunction, meaning that additional domains can be blocked, if site operators switch to new ones to circumvent blocking measures,

“[T]he administrators and/or owners of the website subject to blocking could take actions in order to circumvent the aforementioned measures, which would become ineffective. Such measures could involve, among others, the creation of new domain names..,” INDECOPI writes.

“For this reason, the Commission considers it necessary that this precautionary blocking measure adopts a dynamic nature,” the order adds.

The order references dynamic blocking orders in other countries, including in the European Union, and concludes that a similar approach is also warranted in Peru. If rightsholders want additional domains to be blocked, they first have to back up their request with evidence, however, to ensure proper oversight.

Scrutinized Evidence

The latest injunctions show that rightsholders can’t simply list any pirate site in their blocking requests. INDECOPI carefully considers all presented evidence, and doesn’t shy away from rejecting blockades when it falls short.

For example, 1190 Peru’s original complaint regarding Rojadirecta listed four domain names; rojadirectatv.nl, rojadirectatvhd.com, rojadirectatvhd.ws and rojadirectaenvivo.me. However, three of these domain names were rejected because the presented evidence was not sufficient.

Similarly, of the 47 alleged pirate site domain names in the second complaint, only 22 were ultimately blocked. The others were rejected over lacking evidence, incomplete records, or the absence of any infringing content.

One domain that stands out is sur.ly, which is an outbound link management service. Sur.ly has nothing to do with pirate sites, but third-parties can use the domain to load external websites, much like a proxy. Needless to say, blocking Sur.ly would be rather extreme, and INDECOPI denied the request.

“The site corresponds to a web traffic tool and, by itself, does not carry out acts of exploitation of the contents that are the subject of the claim,” the IP protection authority writes.

TorrentFreak spoke to someone familiar with the matter, who informed us that some of the rejected blocking requests were resubmitted to INDECOPI with proper, notarized evidence. Whether that will include Sur.ly’s main domain, which has plenty of legal uses, is unknown.

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Copies of the two injunctions are available below, with an overview of all domain names that must be blocked by local ISPs.

Injunction 1 (RESOLUTION N° 376-2024)

– channelstream.es
– fbstreams.pm
– futbolparatodostv.net
– intergolestv.com
– lacasadeltikitaka.net
– librefutboltv.com
– librefutboltv.net
– liga1maxtv.pe
– liga1maxtvhd.com
– liga1maxtv.live
– nbatv.site
– pirlotv.app
– pirlo.run
– sinfutboltv.com
– socceronline.me
– telerium.biz
– peru15.com
– vipleague.im
– viper-play.net
– -viperplayhd.com
– viprow.nu
– zonadeporteshd.online

Injunction 2 (RESOLUTION N° 375-2024)

– rojadirectatvhd.ws

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