One of the main objectives of the new regulation is to create an accountability system involving the Internet service provider they hosting provider. The text in fact provides that the owner of the violated rights can compile a list with a series of IP/DNS addresses that distribute illegal content: the list can also be the subject of a request addressed to Agcom which will then be in a position to issue an injunction that will be notified to the Isp and to the hosting provider with the obligation to disable, upon receipt of the notification, access to the platforms that distribute the contents, which are often the live sporting events of which the pay TV have acquired the right to broadcast. The Isp They will also be able to independently intervene to disable pirate streams as soon as they are certain of the situation, even regardless of the Authority's request. Search engines will be tasked with de-indexing the "incriminated" websites and internet pages following notification of the blocking order by the Authority.

 

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There are more and more of them anti-piracy operations aimed at combating the phenomenon of the illegal dissemination of audiovisual content and the criminal sanctions imposed by Italian courts on the perpetrators and end users of illegal activities.

Just in the last few days, the Court of Locri sentenced the partner and the administrator of a commercial premises to 4 months in prison and to pay a fine of 1,800 euros each, for broadcasting Sky channels within the premises via illegal IPTV services. The two individuals convicted in the first instance were also ordered to pay court costs and to confiscate and subsequently destroy the decoder previously seized from them.