The new provisions grant AGCOM the power to issue \u201cdynamic injunctions\u201d against online service providers of all kinds, a privilege usually reserved for judges in Europe\u2019s highest courts. The aim is to streamline blocking measures against unlicensed IPTV services, with the goal of rendering them inaccessible across all of Italy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith such measures, it will be possible to disable access to pirated content in the first 30 minutes of the event broadcast by blocking DNS resolution of domain names and blocking the routing of network traffic to IP addresses uniquely intended for illicit activities,\u201d AGCOM says.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center> <\/p>\nDated July 14, 2023, the law (LEGGE 14 luglio 2023, n. 93<\/a>) underpinning the new measures will come into force on August 8, at which point AGCOM says it will be able to disrupt the pirated broadcasting of all events transmitted live, whether sport-related or otherwise.<\/p>\n \u201cWith this amendment, in perfect synchrony with the changes introduced by Parliament, AGCOM is once again at the forefront of the European scene in combating online piracy activity,\u201d says AGCOM Commissioner\u00a0Massimiliano Capitanio<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nationwide dynamic blocking measures aren\u2019t the only changes heading Italy\u2019s way.<\/p>\n When AGCOM issues blocking instructions to service providers, their details will be passed to the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office at the Court of Rome.<\/p>\n After carrying out AGCOM\u2019s instructions, those providers will be required to send a report \u201cwithout delay\u201d to the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office. It must detail \u201call activities carried out in fulfillment of the aforementioned measures\u201d along with \u201cany existing data or information in their possession that may allow for the identification of the providers of the content disseminated abusively.\u201d<\/p>\n In other words, ISPs will be expected to block pirates and gather intelligence on the way. Failure to comply with the instructions of AGCOM will result in a sanction as laid out in\u00a0LEGGE 31 luglio 1997, n. 249<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Law 249 of July 31, 1997); an administrative fine of 20 million lira to 500 million lira, or in today\u2019s currency \u2013 \u20ac10,620 to \u20ac265,000.<\/p>\n Those involved in the supply\/distribution of infringing streams will now face up to three years in prison and a fine of up to \u20ac15,000. That\u2019s just \u20ac5,000 higher than the minimum punishment intermediaries risk should they fail to follow blocking instructions. Notably, it\u2019s still \u20ac250,000 less than the maximum fine a service provider could face if they fail to block piracy carried out by actual pirates.<\/p>\n Unlike the United States where simply consuming pirated streams\u00a0probably<\/a><\/em>\u00a0isn\u2019t illegal, in 2017 the Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed that consuming illicit streams in the EU runs\u00a0contrary to law<\/a>.<\/p>\n With new deterrents in place against operators of pirate services and otherwise innocent online service providers, Italy has a new deterrent for people who consume pirated streams. From August 8, 2023, they risk a fine of up to \u20ac5,000. At least on paper, that has the potential to become quite interesting.<\/p>\n IPSOS research carried out in Italy over the past few years found that\u00a0roughly 25%<\/a>\u00a0of the adult population consume pirate IPTV streams to some extent during a year.<\/p>\n Italy has a population of around 59 million so even with some aggressive rounding that\u2019s still a few million potential pirates. How evidence of this offense can be obtained and then attributed to an individual is unclear.<\/p>\n Presumably, the intent is to target people who buy IPTV packages, but in any event, the overriding aim is to deter any involvement in illegal streams, no matter where they begin, or where they end.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0Penalties For Challenging AGCOM\u2019s New Powers<\/h2>\n
Watch Pirate Streams? There\u2019s a Fine For That<\/h2>\n
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