The rojadirecta.me website, which has been accused of being a major source of online piracy of sports coverage, has been ordered to halt operations in Spain by this Friday, December 4.
The commercial court of A Coruña said the website was responsible for “unfair competition, as it uses the streaming of content owned by third companies to profit through advertising”.
The court added that “this activity means a financial risk for rights owners”.
Internet service providers have been told to “interrupt data transmission, data storing, telecom access and any other service” if rojadirecta.me does not curtail streaming by Friday.
Earlier this month, a court in the Italian city of Milan ordered “a major supplier” of internet services – reported to be Swisscom-owned Fastweb – to prevent its customers from accessing the it.rojadirecta.eu website.