LaLiga's Anti-Piracy Crusade: Collateral Damage on the Open Web

2025-09-21
LaLiga's Anti-Piracy Crusade: Collateral Damage on the Open Web

LaLiga, Spain's top football league, is facing backlash for its aggressive anti-piracy tactics. Partnering with Telefónica, LaLiga uses a broad IP address blocking scheme, approved by Spanish courts, that has resulted in widespread outages for legitimate websites and services, including Amazon, Cloudflare, GitHub, and even Google Fonts. Despite claiming a massive increase in takedown notices, only 11% of targeted streams were actually taken offline. This heavy-handed approach has sparked legal challenges and criticism, yet LaLiga shows no signs of slowing down its controversial campaign.

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Michigan Supreme Court Limits Scope of Smartphone Search Warrants

2025-08-27
Michigan Supreme Court Limits Scope of Smartphone Search Warrants

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that overly broad warrants cannot be used by police to search a person's phone. In People v. Carson, the court found that warrants for digital devices must be specific, allowing access only to information directly related to the suspected crime. A warrant allowed police to search Carson's phone without limitations, leading to the collection of vast amounts of irrelevant data. The court deemed this a violation of the Fourth Amendment, requiring warrants to specify what can be searched and seized. The decision highlights the importance of digital privacy, emphasizing that warrants must precisely list what investigators seek and why, with magistrates verifying the factual basis for such access.

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