Mexico is set to make internet providers cut off users who repeatedly infringe copyright. On 3 November 2026 the Senate approved a reform of the Federal Copyright Law by 72 votes to 37, according to Infobae. The Chamber of Deputies had already passed the same text in October, so the decree now goes to President Claudia Sheinbaum. Critics have nicknamed it the “Ley Antimemes”.
What the new rules say
The reform changes Article 114 Octies and adds Articles 114 Nonies and 232 Septies to the Federal Copyright Law. Its core is a new regime of secondary liability for internet providers and online platforms:
- access providers such as Telmex and Izzi must adopt a policy to terminate the internet service of repeat infringers, publish it permanently on their website and in their terms of service, and include a basic way to notify users;
- platforms must handle copyright complaints, remove infringing content and suspend or cancel the accounts of repeat infringers;
- a provider that loses its safe harbor becomes liable for its users’ infringements if it knowingly contributes to, induces or causes them, or if it can control the user and profits directly from the infringement;
- the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) can impose fines of up to 40,000 UMA, more than 4.3 million pesos.
The law does not define what a “repeat infringer” is or how many accusations lead to a disconnection. As TorrentFreak reports, each provider will set its own threshold.
Why Mexico is doing this now
The government proposed the changes in May to bring the copyright law in line with the USMCA, the trade agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC in Spanish). US rights holders had long pushed for liability rules for internet providers, and the US Trade Representative cited the draft amendments in its annual piracy report in April. The same reform also covers AI-altered faces and voices and fraud using fake copies of official websites.
Criticism: “Ley Antimemes”
Opposition senators voted against. Several warned that a disconnection would hit everyone in a household sharing one connection, not just the person accused. An amendment requiring a court order before suspending a user’s service was rejected. Morena senator Manuel Huerta replied that the reform is about copyright, not about banning humorous or satirical posts, and that it does not allow prior censorship.
The free-expression group Artículo 19 argues that the vague liability terms push providers to monitor and remove content to avoid fines, and that the existing takedown system is already abused with false claims against people’s own original work. It has asked the President to send the decree back to Congress with observations.
What it means for users in Mexico
- Torrent users are the most exposed. In a torrent swarm your IP address is visible to everyone, including the monitoring companies hired by rights holders, so repeat notices are most likely to come from BitTorrent.
- Streaming and direct downloads are harder to track from the outside, but platforms and file hosts can still remove content and close accounts.
- The whole household is at risk: the contract holder loses the connection, whoever caused the notices.
- Each provider will publish its own policy, so read your provider’s terms once they appear.
If a site you use stops working because of blocks or takedowns, check whether it is really down on our status board before trusting a new domain: closures are always followed by fake clones.
What happens next
The President can sign the decree or return it with observations. Once it is published in the Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación), providers will have 180 days to comply, which points to the second half of 2027 at the earliest. The real impact will depend on how strict Telmex, Izzi and the other providers make their repeat-infringer policies, and whether courts are asked to review them.
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