Spanish Court Blocked Series.ly Domain
A Libyan registrar suspended the site following a Spanish court order targeting copyright infringement.
Updated on Oct. 10, 2026 in Cybersecurity
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The Libyan registrar Libyan Spider placed the series.ly domain on clientHold status this week after a Madrid court approved anti-piracy measures. The site, which receives nearly two million monthly visits, had been accused of facilitating access to protected intellectual property.
Why it matters
The Spanish Intellectual Property Commission sought these measures to enforce intellectual property rights by requiring search engines and major internet service providers to restrict access to the site. The order also establishes a framework to cover future mirrors used for similar infringing purposes.
The enforcement action targets internet service providers with over 1% market share. Investigators identified 35 titles available for download out of a sample of 42 verified copyright-protected works.
The players
Libyan Spider
This is the domain registrar responsible for managing the .ly top-level domain and enforcing administrative status changes.
Spanish Intellectual Property Commission
This is a government regulatory body tasked with identifying and mitigating copyright infringement within Spanish digital jurisdictions.
The details
The site operator has rebranded the project as Cinubo and claims that the series.ly domain suspension was lifted on October 9. Under the terms of the court order, the site must no longer link to infringing content, and ISPs are required to redirect users to a government warning page.
Timeline
In July 2026, the commission ordered the site to remove infringing content.
On September 28, 2026, a Madrid court approved the anti-piracy measures.
On October 9, 2026, the registrar lifted the domain suspension.
The Tech Race
This enforcement action follows the operational patterns of the Spanish Intellectual Property Commission enforcement protocols. It demonstrates the increasing global reliance on registrar-level domain suspensions to bypass the technological hurdles of decentralized content hosting.
Users in Spain may be redirected to a government warning page when attempting to access the site via major internet service providers. Search engine results on platforms like Google and Bing are expected to be scrubbed of links to the domain as compliance measures take effect.
The takeaway
Site operators often face immediate operational hurdles when their domains are subject to registry-level holds. Moving to new branding or removing infringing links is a common survival strategy in the face of international copyright litigation.
Further reading
For more on how regulatory bodies combat digital piracy, visit Cybersecurity.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Torrentfreak.
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