LaLiga's commitment to protecting the competition's audiovisual rights, with the backing of the Alliance against pay-TV piracy (Alianza), has received yet another boost.
The Peruvian National Institute for the Defence of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) has granted five precautionary measures in LaLiga's favour in an operation involving the collaboration of Alianza and the issue of orders to block access to six websites which illegally streamed LaLiga Santander fixtures, as well as large quantities of other audiovisual content.
The following blocked websites featured amongst those receiving the highest number of user visits throughout Peru, recording almost 3.5 million visits each month:
www.rojadirecta.site (website completely removed, not only in Peru)
In reference to the operation, the director of LaLiga's audiovisual department, Melcior Soler, commented: "We're really satisfied with the result of this joint endeavour with Alianza. As a part of the entertainment industry, LaLiga will continue to fight against audiovisual piracy.
"It's a crime and it must be treated as such. We at LaLiga are fully committed to eradicating a scourge that's affecting the world game. As an institution, we have invested significant human and technical resources in tackling audiovisual piracy."
