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Indian Express
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
France media giants win court ruling to order VPNs to block 200 illegal sports streaming sites
In a major move in the fight against illegal sports streaming, French media giants Canal+ secured a landmark ruling on Friday from the Paris Judicial Court, ordering the ban on over 200 illegal sports streaming websites across several Virtual Private Network (VPN) services. According to Footboom, VPN providers have been handed 'a tight, three-day window to execute the technical finesse needed to block these sites'. The historic ruling by the Paris court covers the 2024-25 season of the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League, France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 divisions and the country's Top 14 rugby league. The report further stated that Canal+ and the French Professional Football League (LFP) will keep a watchful tab to report more digital pirate websites to France's anti-piracy vigilance authority, Arcom. VPNs that have been utilised by fans to copy IP addresses and allow access to illegal streams of various sporting tournaments will also fall under scrutiny. The judicial court has therefore demanded NordVPN, Proton, CyberGhost, Surfshark, and ExpressVPN to put a halt on offering cushion to the illegal streams. Welcoming the decision to stub such streams, Canal+ said it 'sends a strong message regarding the responsibility of VPN providers — recognised for the first time as technical intermediaries — in the illegal broadcasting of sports content'. Canal+ added it 'is proud to have initiated this major step forward in the fight against sports piracy in France and beyond, setting a legal precedent'. 'Following previous court orders obtained in 2022 targeting illegal streaming sites via Internet Service Providers, in 2024 via alternative DNS providers, and in 2025 via CDN and proxy services, this new ruling against VPNs is fully aligned with the group's strategy to hold all types of technical intermediaries accountable in the battle against audiovisual piracy,' the statement read. Canal+ also added that the group had obtained the blocking of over 1,300 domain names to combat content piracy in France in 2024 alone.
Euronews
24-03-2025
- Euronews
Individuals suspected of helping drug lord Mohamed Amra escape prison detained
ADVERTISEMENT Twenty-four individuals suspected of helping French drug dealer Mohamed Amra escape from police custody in May 2024 were detained on Monday, according to reports by French broadcaster FranceInfo. This latest development marks the fourth wave of detentions since Amra, who became France's most wanted fugitive during his nine months on the run, was arrested in Romania last month. Since his arrest, Amra has been held at the ultra-high security Condé-sur-Sarthe prison, which is located in Normandy. According to French media, two individuals were detained in Germany, while the remaining 22 were apprehended by police in France. To date, 27 individuals, as well as Amra himself, have been indicted by magistrates at the Paris Judicial Court. Mohamed Amra is brought handcuffed by police officers at the Court of Appeals in Bucharest, 23 February, 2025 AP Photo Koba LaD, a 24-year-old rapper with more than three million followers on Instagram, is reportedly one of the suspects in police custody. Amra and Koba LaD are believed to have crossed paths in 2023, when they shared a cell at the Santé Prison in Paris. Several members of the rapper's entourage who are affiliated with the so-called 'Black Manjak Family', a criminal organisation based in Normandy, which specialises in drug trafficking, have already been indicted in the case. The individuals are suspected of having assisted Amra with a range of things, from helping him hide in an apartment in the town of Rouen, to preparing the ambush on his transfer van and assisting his escape to Romania by car. Amra's escape from police custody was a violent one; armed men ambushed a prison convoy in Normandy, killing two guards and injuring three others.
