Hard blow to piracy: over 6 million monthly access came from Italy and I could see for free Serie A, Premier League, Champions, Basketball and Tennis
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the main world alliance against piracy, in coordination with Dazn, has successfully dismantled “football”, illegal site of live sports streaming. The operation is the result of a joint investigation between ACE and Dazn’s anti-piracy team. The operator of the illegal service, based in Moldova, interrupts the activities. Over the past 12 months, Calcio has scored over 123 million visits through 134 domains. With more than 6 million monthly access from Italy, it was the most popular illegal sports streaming site in the country.
Stop the offer
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The site offered unauthorized access to premium sports content, including Serie A, together with other main European football championships (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1), UEFA for Club competitions (Champions League, Europa League, Europa Conference League), international tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and the Europeans, as well as basketball championships such as the NBA, Formula 1 E. MotoGP, tennis meetings and numerous other important events. 80% of traffic came from Italy, with minor percentages from Spain, the United States, Germany and France. All football domains have been transferred to ACE and now redirect to the Watch Legally in ACE.
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“Dismantling illegal activities such as ‘football’ is essential to protect the fans, safeguarding jobs and preserving the value and integrity of live sporting events” said and McCarthy, Coo of Dazn Group, who then added: “The decisive action taken by ACE and DAZN to remove this site has prevented further damage to the well -being of the sports ecosystem”. “Pirateria in fact reduces the commercial value of a direct sporting well before the final whistle, damaging Broadcaster, sports alloys and fans” Eco Larissa Knapp, executive vice -president and responsible for the protection of the contents of the Motion Association (MPA). “With the beginning of the Italian football season, I congratulate the team for having promptly dismantled this notorious operation”.
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