Reclaim The Net A tool built to stop soccer streams now has the keys to Italy’s entire digital gate.
By Cindy Harper
Italy has turned its experimental Piracy Shield program into a permanent fixture of online enforcement, arming it with expanded authority that now extends far beyond the sports streams it was originally built to target.
The new rules, approved by the Communications Regulatory Authority (Agcom) and effective from 1 August, allow the platform to cut off access to movies, TV shows, music performances, and other live events. Automated takedowns can now occur in as little as thirty minutes after a report is filed.
What began as a narrowly framed anti-sports-piracy tool is now a multi-sector blockade system shaped by entertainment industry lobbying.
The audiovisual federation Fapav, during a December 2024 meeting, pressed for the inclusion of cinematic premieres and episodic television, warning of heavy financial losses from piracy.Agcom responded by granting Piracy Shield the ability to target nearly any type of copyrighted media in real time.
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