{"id":29201,"date":"2025-04-05T17:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T21:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29201"},"modified":"2025-04-05T17:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T21:51:56","slug":"english-premier-league-subpoena-requires-cloudflare-to-unmask-streaming-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/04\/05\/english-premier-league-subpoena-requires-cloudflare-to-unmask-streaming-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"English Premier League Subpoena Requires Cloudflare to Unmask Streaming Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Piracy poses a major threat to the Premier League’s broadcast rights, prompting it to take continued action against rogue streaming sites. Hoping to unmask the anonymous operators behind dozens of pirate sites, the league has obtained a DMCA subpoena against Cloudflare in the United States. While Cloudflare is expected to comply, the usability of the information it holds remains uncertain.<\/p>\n

As England\u2019s top football competition, the\u00a0Premier League<\/a>\u00a0draws hundreds of millions of viewers from all over the world.<\/p>\n

Aside from the sportive stakes, the Premier League also has a vested interest in selling broadcast rights. These rights generate billions of pounds in revenue per year; a staggering amount unmatched by any other football league.<\/p>\n

Yet, other leagues are not the main threat to these broadcast revenues. Instead, piracy has emerged as the Premier League\u2019s main nemesis, as many football fans turn to cheaper pirate streaming services to watch \u2018the people\u2019s game\u2019.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the Premier League has tried several legal avenues to\u00a0tackle the piracy problem<\/a>. In addition to obtaining\u00a0blocking orders<\/a>\u00a0in multiple countries, the organization has been a driving force behind several\u00a0lawsuits<\/a>, some of which resulted in\u00a0prison<\/a>\u00a0sentences.<\/p>\n

Cloudflare & Pirate Sites<\/h2>\n

While the football league typically finds the law on its side, identifying its \u2018opponents\u2019 isn\u2019t always easy. Operators of streaming sites and services are typically aware of the legal risks and do their best to remain anonymous. Presumably as part of this strategy, they use services made available by Cloudflare.<\/p>\n

Cloudflare doesn\u2019t make the operators of piracy sites \u2018anonymous\u2019 but it does shield their hosting locations from public view. Rightsholders can overcome this barrier through formal complaints, after which Cloudflare identifies the hosting services. To obtain additional information, however, rightsholders have to go to court.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, the Premier League took this follow-up step by asking a California federal court to issue a DMCA subpoena. The request identifies 38 target pirate streaming sites, many of which use multiple domains. Through the court the Premier League hopes to identify the persons connected to these domains.<\/p>\n

Premier League Requests Action<\/h2>\n

Before going to court, the Premier League\u2019s American law firm,\u00a0Hagan Noll & Boyle<\/a>, sent a takedown notice to Cloudflare, asking it to terminate a few dozen accounts that are deemed problematic.<\/p>\n

\u201cCloudflare is asked to remove or disable access to Premier League\u2019s copyrighted works, which, based on the infringement that has occurred to date through the websites and domain names identified above, will continue to be infringed in this same manner throughout the Premier League season,\u201d the law firm wrote.<\/p>\n

The letter identifies the\u00a0streaming site domains<\/a>, some of which redirect to other domains. In addition, there\u2019s a \u2018backend\u2019 link pointing out where the pirated football streams for these sites are being sourced.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Letter to Cloudflare<\/em><\/center> <\/p>\n

\"epl\"<\/picture><\/center> <\/p>\n

Several of the targeted domains use the\u00a0.CFD gTLD<\/a>, which is targeted at clothing brands and fashion houses, but also seems popular among a subset of pirate site operators. Others use more generic .com, .org and .tv domains.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

One of the streaming sites<\/em><\/center> <\/p>\n

\"epl<\/picture><\/center> <\/p>\n

At first glance, totalsportek.space appears to be the most popular domain name, with more than 17 million visits in February, according to SimilarWeb.<\/p>\n

Cloudflare Must Identify Operators<\/h2>\n

The Premier League\u2019s letter didn\u2019t result in the termination of any Cloudflare accounts. Totalsportek.space and others remain online, using Cloudflare\u2019s services, but the California federal court did sign off on the DMCA subpoena.<\/p>\n

The subpoena requires Cloudflare to hand over information that can help to identify the associated account holders, including any names, physical addresses, IP addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, payment information, account updates, and account histories.<\/p>\n

Known to comply with these subpoenas, Cloudflare is required to hand over the requested information before April 3. Whether the Premier League will find any of the information usable is another matter. Many pirate site owners use inaccurate data, and financial trails can quickly reach a dead end.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The subpoena<\/em><\/center> <\/p>\n

\"dmca<\/picture><\/center> <\/p>\n

A copy of the issued DMCA subpoena is available\u00a0here (pdf)<\/a>\u00a0and the Premier League\u2019s declaration can be found\u00a0here (pdf)<\/a>. Below is a list of all the targeted domain names.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 90phut2.info
\n\u2013 310.tv \u2014> 310002.tv
\n\u2013 808fubo.com
\n\u2013 keelalive.com
\n\u2013 926.tv \u2014> 926002.tv
\n\u2013 ball24.tv
\n\u2013 banhkhuc37.info
\n\u2013 baygonhero.com
\n\u2013 cakhia34.xyz\/cakhia54.xyz \u2014> cakhia60.xyz
\n\u2013 dollarformergm3hp.shop\/fightfloorwt4ea5l.shop \u2014> singlevariousht1etk0.sbs
\n\u2013 freestreams-live.my \u2014> freestreams-live.mp
\n\u2013 gavang.link\/gavang4.tv\/gavang5.tv\/gavang6.tv \u2014> gavang13.live
\n\u2013 gavang.org
\n\u2013 glisco.link \u2014> coolrea.link
\n\u2013 jala1.cc \u2014> jalaace2.cc
\n\u2013 livetv819.me \u2014> livetv822.me
\n\u2013 mgviagrtoomuch.com
\n\u2013 sporttuna.pro \u2014> sporttuna.website \u2014> sporttuna.xyz
\n\u2013 propermirrorc6rrhjf.cfd \u2014> shakingfoota7okr5.cfd
\n\u2013 rbtv77.com \u2014> howfruitsizmx.cfd
\n\u2013 rbtv77.ws \u2014> rbtv77.my \u2014> happenedought1tzn2s.cfd
\n\u2013 strugglesincetfp9ek.cfd \u2014> shakingfoota7okr5.cfd
\n\u2013 taraftarium.co
\n\u2013 taraftarium.me \u2014> aleaquefootball.com
\n\u2013 thapcam53.buzz \u2014> thapcam.pro \u2014> thapcam53.fyi
\n\u2013 totalsportek.space \u2014> xsportbox.com
\n\u2013 twentytemperature7jigpx.shop \u2014> singlevariousht1etk0.sbs
\n\u2013 unusualscience6ezlg79.cfd \u2014> shakingfoota7okr5.cfd
\n\u2013 vachvoi.net \u2014> vachvoi.tv
\n\u2013 vebo3.site
\n\u2013 watchsportnow.com
\n\u2013 wincanaldcocv1.cfd \u2014> shakingfoota7okr5.cfd
\n\u2013 wrongfoughtizki7zm.cfd \u2014> shakingfoota7okr5.cfd
\n\u2013 xoilac34.info
\n\u2013 zhiboche.tv \u2014> zhiboche8.com \u2014> 176001.tv
\n\u2013 zhibodou.com \u2014> sportsteam356.com
\n\u2013 zonadeporteshd.pl
\n\u2013 zvision.link<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"TorrentFreak\"<\/a> TorrentFreak.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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