Overview
- DAZN and the German Football League said Wednesday that a Cologne court ordered the illegal streaming site livetv.sx to be blocked in Germany.
- The order is a default judgment against access provider Freenet and is not yet final because the company can file an objection.
- The case ran through CUII, a German body that coordinates action against online piracy, with DAZN and the DFL supplying data and technical analysis.
- Rights-holders describe livetv.sx as Germany’s largest illegal sports-streaming platform, active for more than 13 years and serving a large share of illicit viewing in the DACH region.
- DAZN and the DFL plan follow-up moves against related domains, while warning that such sites expose users to malware, data theft, and scam ads and drain billions from the sports economy.