Jorge Moya runs an online shop selling collectible blades in Albacete, Spain¡¯s City of Knives. One Sunday in mid-May, he lost a potential €700 ($798) order when a client tried to visit his site, only to receive a warning from the country¡¯s top football league, LaLiga, that it was blocked due to an anti-piracy operation.
Moya was disappointed, but he wasn¡¯t surprised; his site goes down almost every time one of LaLiga¡¯s 380 annual games is broadcast.
¡°I¡¯m a legitimate business,¡± he said in a phone interview. ¡°I¡¯m trying to make a living like everyone else, and I don¡¯t host pirate football, nor do I watch it.¡±
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